ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC PROFITABILITY OF WEATHER BASED AGRO ADVISORY SERVICES ON RICE

H. DAS¹*, K.PRADHAN², S.R. DASH³, A.K. RAI⁴, B.R. BEHERA⁵, N. BEHERA^6
1Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa, Malkangiri, 764045, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
²Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station, Semiliguda, Koraput, 763002, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha,India
³ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malkangiri, 764045, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
⁴ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malkangiri, 764045, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
⁵Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa, Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station, Semiliguda, 763002, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
⁶ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malkangiri, 764045, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
* Corresponding Author : samirdash2007@rediffmail.com

Received : 15-03-2019     Accepted : 27-03-2019     Published : 30-03-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 6       Pages : 8121 - 8123
Int J Agr Sci 11.6 (2019):8121-8123

Keywords : Agro Advisory, Economics, Impact, Rice, Weather
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are thankful to the India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences for sanctioning the project and providing financial support. Authors are also thankful to Visva-Bharati, Central University, Santiniketan, 731235, West Bengal, India and Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa, Malkangiri, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India.
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A study was conducted to assess the economic impact of weather forecast based agro advisories on transplanted and direct seeded rice during kharif season of 2017. Total 30 numbers of beneficiary farmers i.e. users of agro-advisory services (AAS) as well as 30 numbers of non-beneficiary farmers i.e. non-users of agro-advisory services (non AAS) were selected from three blocks of Malkangiri district of Odisha. Study revealed that cost of cultivation was found lower in the case of AAS farmers who have successfully adopted weather based ago-advisory for transplanted as well as direct seeded rice as compared to non AAS farmers. AAS farmers obtained 6.7% and 3.7% more production for transplanted and direct seeded rice respectively over non AAS farmers. Further, AAS farmers produced more yield with less expenditure. Percent gain in net return to the tune of 19.74% and 20.18% for transplanted and direct seeded rice, respectively by AAS farmers over non AAS farmers. Thus, the application of weather based agro advisories are useful tool for enhancing the productivity and income of rice farmers in study region.

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