Economics of Production of Sugarcane in Orissa

Table 12 : Per farm distribution of non-cash expenditure in different size

groups of sample farms (in Rupees)

Size

Family

Owned

Blocks

Owned

groups

labour

bullock

Owned seeds

Total

labour

manures

I

4168.27

453.79

—

660.33

5282.40

II

6613.98

703.48

—

1015.31

8332.77

III

10997.67

1233.63

—

1642.17

13873.48

IV

22603.43

2850.02

—

3863.03

29316.48

Pooled

9667.63

1115.07

—

1534.98

12317.69

I

3228.56

365.70

—

612.39

4206.65

II

5529.24

647.20

—

989.84

7166.28

III

9853.42

1162.63

—

1653.32

12669.36

IV

22278.06

2640.80

—

3702.77

28621.64

Pooled

6909.37

809.17

—

1202.59

8921.13

The table shows that the large size farms appeared to have incurred non-cash

expenditure per farm relatively more as compared to medium, small and marginal

size farms. But on a per hectare basis, the marginal and small size farms had reported

a higher level of such expenditure than their counterparts in medium and large size

farms.

Table 13 : Per hectare distribution of non-cash expenditure in different

size groups of sample farms (in Rupees)

Size

Family

Owned bullock

Blocks

Owned

Owned

Groups

labour

labour

seeds

manures

Total

I

4580.52

498.67

—

725.64

5804.83

II

4239.73

450.95

—

650.84

5341.52

III

4103.61

460.31

—

612.75

5176.67

IV

3565.21

449.53

—

609.31

4624.05

Pooled

4177.80

464.05

—

650.97

5292.81

I

3798.31

430.23

—

720.46

4949.00

II

3661.75

428.61

—

655.52

4745.88

III

3609.31

425.87

—

605.61

4640.79

IV

3587.45

425.25

—

596.26

4608.96

Pooled

3688.38

428.24

—

660.44

4777.06

As may be seen from the table that the average non-cash expenditure per farm

for marginal, small, medium and large size groups were worked out to ` 5282.40,

` 8332.77, ` 13873.48 and ` 29316.48 in region-I and ` 4206.65, ` 7166.28, ` 12669.36

and ` 28621.64 in region-II respectively. The corresponding figures per hectare

were ` 5809.83 for marginal ` 5341.52 for small, ` 5176.67 for medium and

` 4624.05 for large size groups of farms in region-I and ` 4949.00, ` 4745.88,

` 4640.79 and ` 4608.93 for the respective farm sizes in region-II. The high level of

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