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Kuldeep Maurya, Dr. RR Kushwaha, Dr. J Rai, Naveen Kumar Gautam, Ashutosh Kumar Ranjan and Arun Kumar Rajbhar

Abstract: The present study aims to analyze the resource use efficiency, marginal value productivity of variable resources, constraint and suggestion in paddy production entitled “Economics of paddy production and its processing in district Mau of Eastern Uttar Pradesh”. The data pertained to agriculture year 2015-2016. The study was conducted in five villages of Ghosi block in Mau district taking a random sample of 100 farmers. The primary data were collected by survey method through personal interview by pretested structured interview schedule. The Cobb-Douglas production function was applied to measure the efficiency of various resources used in the production of paddy. To find out the resources use efficiency of five variables namely, seed, fertilizer, irrigation, tractor and human labour was considered. Return to scale in respect to various resources on marginal, small and medium farms were found 0.862059, 0.949245, and 0.906866 respectively. The cultivation of paddy was characterized by decreasing returns to scale on each farm situation. Therefore, increasing all the factors by one per cent simultaneously results in increase of the returns by less than one per cent on each farm situation. The value of MVP of seed, manure, fertilizer, tractor cost and human labour were found both positive and negative. The positive value of M.V.P. (Marginal Value Productivity) to factor cost indicates that there is further scope to increase the investment on these inputs(seed, manure & fertilizer) on marginal,( seed, manure & fertilizer, irrigation and tractor power) on small and (seed, manure & fertilizer, irrigation and human labour) on medium . All factors realize more return than the costs must increase optimally. The different constraints faced by farmers in the production of paddy were found as technical, labour, managerial, irrigation and financial problem respectively.

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