Economics and Efficiency of Organic Farming vis-à-vis Conventional Farming in India
Published By: IIMA on eSS | Published Date: April, 25 , 2010The present
paper focuses mainly on the issues like economics and efficiency of organic farming visà-
vis conventional farming in India. Four states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab
and U.P were purposively selected for the present study. Similarly, four major crops i.e.,
cotton, sugarcane, paddy and wheat were chosen for comparison. A model based nonparametric
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used for analyzing the efficiency of
the farming systems.
Author(s): D. Kumara Charyulu, Subho Biswas | Posted on: May 25, 2010 | Views(1162) | Download (2333)