Browsing by Author "M. Anoop"

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Assessment of Cost of Cultivation, Resource Use Efficiency and Constraints in Cumin Production in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan
(AESSRA, 2023) Uttam Chand; M. Anoop; Avdhesh Sharma
Cumin is one of the most popular seed spice crops of India. Present paper looks into the cost of cultivation, efficiency of use of resources and the constraints in cumin production in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. Using CACP cost concepts, the average cost of cultivation (C3) per hectare of cumin was found as rupee 46232.21. To estimate resource use efficiency, a log-linear (Cobb-Douglas) form of production function was used. Inputs like human labour, plant protection chemicals, and manure were found underutilized. Poor economic conditions of the farmers were found as a prime constraint. Lack of improved varieties of cumin seed was another major constraint faced by the respondents. The study emphasised on the need for institutional support to address capital constraints of farmers, lack of quality seeds, and lack of regulated markets. © The Author(s) 2023.
Assessment of Efficiency of Marketing Channels and Constraints in Marketing of Jute in Cooch Behar District, West Bengal
(AESSRA, 2023) Dipankar Barman; M. Anoop
Jute is an important commercial crop with multiple uses. The present study looks into the marketing channels, price spread, marketing efficiency and marketing related problems of jute growing farmers in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. A sample of 80 farmers and 10 market intermediaries each (faria or small traders and big traders) and two FPO were taken randomly. Three marketing channels were identified. Majority of the jute producers marketed their jute in channel I followed by channel II and channel III. Producers' share in consumer rupee and marketing efficiency was highest in channel III followed by channel II and I. Major marketing problems faced by jute producers were involvement of more number of middlemen, lack of organized marketing system and high marketing cost. © Economic Affairs (New Delhi).All rights reserved
Cost of Cultivation and Constraints in Jute Cultivation in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal
(The Society of Economics and Development, 2024) Dipankar Barman; M. Anoop; Sonali Katoch
Jute is one of the most important commercial crops in India. West Bengal ranks first in jute production among the major producing states. The present study tried to estimate the cost and return of jute farming and to identify the constraints in the production of jute in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. A sample of 80 farmers was surveyed, and the per ha cost of cultivation and net returns were found to be 113053.29 and 36192.02, respectively. Major constraints identified were loss of produce due to climatic uncertainties, water shortage during sowing and retting, and weed problems. The study stressed the need for interventions to address water shortage at crucial stages of the crop. © 2024 The Society of Economics and Development, except certain content provided by third parties.
Economic Analysis of Broiler Poultry Production in Uttar Pradesh
(The Society of Economics and Development, 2024) Shivakant Patel; M. Anoop
Poultry farming is an important income-generating activity for farmers. The present study looked into the costs and returns of broiler poultry farming in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. Primary data collected from 60 broiler units in the district was used for analysis. The overall average cost of production was around 138.46 per bird and 111.41 per kg live weight. The cost of production was highest for small farms and lowest for large farms. Chick and feed costs together accounted for more than 75 per cent of the total cost of production. The net return realized per kilogramme of broiler chicken was 11.34, 15.05, and 17.14 in small, medium, and large farms, respectively, with an overall average of 13.27. The overall average value of NPK content of poultry faecal matter produced in the farms in a year was 12241.88. Only 11.67 per cent of farmers were using poultry waste for compost making. 41.67 per cent of the farmers were disposing of it as waste. The study stressed the need for interventions to reduce chick and feed costs, training on scientific poultry farming, and proper management of poultry waste. © 2024 The Society of Economics and Development.
Efficiency Analysis of Broiler Poultry Production in Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh
(The Society of Economics and Development, 2025) Shivakant Patel; M. Anoop; Tulika Kumari
Poultry farming has emerged as an important income-generating activity for farmers. The present study focussed on the efficiency aspect of broiler poultry production in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. The use efficiency of different resources, overall technical efficiency, and the total factor productivity were analysed and discussed. Mean technical efficiency was found to be high (91.5 per cent), whereas the analysis of resource use efficiency indicated resources like feed and labour were not used optimally. There was overuse of feed and underutilization of labour. The average value of total factor productivity was low (0.01992). The study stressed the need for optimum use of feed by minimizing wastages and of labour by providing adequate trainings for them. There is a high need for the adoption of better technologies and management practices. Interventions are needed for awareness creation and training on scientific poultry farming in order to make it profitable and sustainable by increasing efficiency. ©2025 The Society of Economics and Development, except certain content provided by third parties.
Growth, geographic concentration and stability analysis of coir products export from india
(Ecological Society of India, 2021) M. Anoop; CN. Anshida Beevi; R.S. Bhawar
Coir is an important export commodity, giving income and employment opportunity to a number of people across the country. Present study tries to analyse growth and instability of coir products export to major importing countries and also looks into the geographic concentration and stability of direction of trade. Highest growth rate in export quantity (85.66%) and value of export (81.71%) was for China, whereas growth in unit value of export was highest for South Korea (7.47%). High instability in export quantity, value of export and unit value was found for China. Most other importing countries were having low instability, except unit value of export to UK and USA. Geographic concentration was not much high either for quantity or value of export. Markov chain analysis showed China as the most stable importing country with high probability of retention (0.89), whereas, South Korea emerged as the most unstable importer with least probability of retention. Interventions are needed to ensure increasing share of high value coir products in the total export quantity by reducing the share of low value coir products in order to improve the amount of foreign revenue realized through the export of coir products. © 2021 Ecological Society of India. All rights reserved.
Performance analysis of coir and coir products export from India
(The Society of Economics and Development, 2021) M. Anoop; A. Indhushree
The present paper looks into the growth, instability, and sources of growth and instability of coir products export from India. Total coir export was found to have significant increase over the years. A drastic shift from finished products like handloom mats, coir yarn, and handloom mattings to products like coir fibre and coir pith in the composition of total coir products export from India was evident. Coir fibre showed the highest growth in export quantity, followed by coir curled. Export quantity was highest for coir other sorts, followed by power loom mats, power loom matting, and coir rugs. Change in mean quantity accounted for more than 80 percent changes in total coir export value. The change followed it in the mean unit value. Change in export quantity-export unit value covariance and change in mean export quantity were the major contributors to variance of export value. © 2021 The Society of Economics and Development, except certain content provided by third parties.
Revealed comparative advantage, competitiveness and growth performance: Evidences from India’s foreign trade of agricultural commodities
(Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2020) O.P. Singh; M. Anoop; P.K. Singh
Agricultural sector has played an important role in economic development of the country by earning sizable amount of foreign exchange by exporting agricultural commodities. The export of agricultural commodities can reduce the current account deficit of the country because the values of exports of agricultural commodities are more than the import value of agricultural produces. After agreement under world trade organisation, agricultural commodities are moving from one country to another country realising the benefits of comparative advantage in the international economy. The present study is an attempt to study the growth trend, variability and trade specification coefficient index for various agricultural commodities and to study the comparative advantage of spices export from India using revealed comparative advantage, trade specification coefficient, revealed symmetric comparative advantages and revealed competitive advantage indices. For the purpose secondary data was collected from various government published sources and websites. The compound growth trend, coefficient of variation, Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), Revealed symmetric comparative advantage (RSCA), Revealed competitive advantage (RC) and trade specification coefficient (TSC) was used to achieve the objectives. Growth trend analysis for value of export and import suggests that all the agricultural commodities showed positive trend with high inter-annual variability during the study period except for import value of jute hessian and guar gum meal import. The TSC analysis suggests that value of export was more than the value of import for all the crops except pulses, vegetable oils, fresh fruits, cashew, cocoa products and raw jute during the study period. The analysis of competitiveness of spices export showed a favourable competitive scenario, whereas the export-import balance was found slight decrease from high dominance of export over import. © 2020 Indian Society of Agricultural Economics. All rights reserved.