Economics of Production of Sugarcane in Orissa
and 2933.32 and 1529.11 in region-II. As may be seem from the table the large
farms, among all farm sizes invested a higher amount both per farm and per hectare
than other size categories during the period. On an average, the large size farms
have incurred capital expenditure as high as ` 11028.49 and ` 9905.32 in region-I
and region-II respectively. The marginal size farms have incurred capital investment
as low as ` 1414.33 and ` 1554.21 in both the regions respectively. The corresponding
figures per ha. over ` 1739.51 and ` 1595.06 for large farms in the region-I and
region-II respectively. The magnitude of investment per ha. marginal farms were
` 1554.21 and ` 1480.00 in both the regions respectively.
Table 9 : Per farm distribution of capital expenditure in different size
groups of sample farms (In rupees)
Size
Land
Agril.
Blocks
Non-agril.
groups
improvement
Livestock
Implements and
Total
machineries
Assets
I
674.96
547.51
102.40
89.46
1414.33
II
1314.41
924.00
214.05
178.64
2631.10
III
2407.47
1476.01
405.62
351.29
4640.39
IV
5798.06
3369.39
1046.16
814.88
11028.49
Pooled
2143.67
1357.90
366.43
301.49
4169.49
I
599.51
497.56
89.89
71.03
1258.00
II
1185.97
817.09
182.06
149.61
2334.73
III
2180.37
1387.19
370.22
298.42
4236.20
IV
5163.74
3094.26
892.50
754.83
9905.32
Pooled
1492.58
998.09
243.55
199.10
2933.32
Table 10 : Per hectare distribution of capital expenditure in different size
groups of sample farms (In rupees)
Agril.
Blocks
Size
Land
Implements and
Non-agril.
groups
improvement
Livestock
Total
machineries
Assets
I
741.71
601.66
112.53
98.31
1554.21
II
842.57
592.31
137.21
114.51
1686.6
III
898.31
550.75
151.35
131.08
1731.49
IV
914.52
531.45
165.01
128.53
1739.51
Pooled
846.00
573.86
139.72
117.52
1677.09
I
705.31
585.37
105.75
83.57
1480
II
785.41
541.12
120.57
99.08
1546.18
III
798.67
508.13
135.61
109.31
1551.72
IV
831.52
498.27
143.72
121.55
1595.06
Pooled
765.57
544.58
120.96
98.00
1529.11
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