Resource-use efficiency of composite fish culture in sivasagar District of Assam

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
11
Article ID: 
20594
3 pages
Research Article

Resource-use efficiency of composite fish culture in sivasagar District of Assam

Pratibha Mohan and Dr. Durga Charan Kalita

Abstract: 

The present study attempts to assess the resource-use efficiency in Composite Fish Culture in Sivasagar District of Assam. The study was based on primary data collectedthrough personal interview method of sampling by interviewing 150 samples borrowers and 150 non-borrowers from three size groups (based on pond size)being selected through cumulative root frequency rule. The results showed that the among borrowers,the result of economic or allocative efficiency (r) of inputs in group I and group II such as land (0.0451) and (0.109), fingerlings (0.089) human labour (0.025) and (0.015), machinery (0.102) and (0.011) and marketing (0.024) and (0.025) has been found over-utilized, technically lesser than 1 unit (<1). But in group size I the used of fertilizer (1.025) has been found under-utilized and in group II, fingerlings (-0.258) and fertilizer (-0.038) has been found negative MPV value which inducates inefficient utilization of resource. Similarly among non-borrowers inputs such as land (0.0125), fertilizer (0.025), human labour (0.005) and marketing (0.015) in group I has been found over-utilized, technically lesser than 1 unit (<1). Fingerlings (-0.051) and machinery (-0.025) has been found negative MPV /MFC which showed inefficient utilization of resource.The over-all return to scale was 1.1208 among borrowers and 0.6073 among non-borrowers, which showed an increasing return to scale for but borrowers were found higher return to scale than non-borrowers.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.20594.01.2021
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