Total Factor Productivity and Supply- Demand Gap Analysis of Wheat in Sub-tropics of Jammu Region of Jammu and Kashmir

摘要

A study to assess Total Factor Productivity and Supply Demand Gap Analysis of Wheat in Subtropics of Jammu Region was conducted in Jammu and Kathua districts of J&K UT during the agricultural year 2018-19. The results related to cost and returns revealed that per hectare cost of cultivation for wheat was worked out to be IR/s 41750.70, IR/s 44351.05, IR/s 46273.08, IR/s 44996.93 for Akhnoor, Marh, Marheen and Barnoti with an overall average of IR/s 44342.94. The per hectare gross returns of wheat cultivation of Akhnoor, Marh, Mahreen and Barnoti were IR/s 67975.00, IR/s 61182.00, IR/s 59630.00 and IR/s 54180.00 with an average return of 604741.75 respectively. The cost cultivation of wheat was found to be highest (IR/s 46273.08/ha) in Mahreen blockof Kathua district with an overall average of IR/s 44342.94. Out of all the inputs used, the expenditure incurred on machine labor was found to be highest 10031.14/ha) which was 40.93 percent of operational cost. The cost structure revealed that cost G,was highest (IR/s 31246.08/ha) for Mahreen block while the net return was found to be highest (IR/s 26224.30/ha) for Akhnoor block with an overall average ofIR/s 16398.81 for the two districts. The cost- benefit ratio was found to be highest (1:1.62) forAkhnoor block with an overall ratio of 1:1.36. After calculating the demand and supply in sampled wheat farms, both districts were found to be in surplus stage which was highest in Jammu district (95200kg). On the basis of secondary data it was also found that Jammu and Kathua district had surplus production of wheat, i.e., 5239.46 kg, 26447.45 kg, respectively while all other districts of Jammu are deficit. The results regarding trends in productivity growth of the wheat showed that efficiency changeranges between 0.976 to 1.000 for whole decade with a mean value of 0.994 whereas technical change and TFP change was 0.956 for 2016-2017 with a mean of 0.876 and 0.870, respectively for overall period.