Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(1): 2155-2161 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 01 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.259 Resource Use Efficiency of Soybean in Belagavi District of Karnataka, India K. Vasudeva Naik*, Vinayaka Jalikatti, Raghavendra Chourad and N. Ashok UAS, Department of Agril Economics, B.Gudi, Dharwad, Karnataka, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT The present study was undertaken in Belagavi district of Karnataka to analyse the K e yw or ds resource use efficiency of Soybean crop. The multi-stage random sampling procedure CD production function, was adopted to choose the sample farmers. The total sample size selected for the Input use pattern, present study was 60. A Cobb-Douglas production analysis technique was used to Marginal factor cost and marginal value product analyze the data. The results of the study revealed that seed, FYM, human labour, bullock labour, and fertilizer were over utilised and machine labour and plant Article Info protection chemicals were under utilised by the farmers. The MVP to MFC ratio for Accepted: Seed (-0.59), FYM (0.27), Human labour (0.13), Bullock labour (-0.23), Fertilizer (- 16 December 2017 0.05) were less than 1 hence the resources in study area was over utilized and machine Available Online: labour (3.60) and PP chemicals (2.21) were showing more than one. Hence these 10 January 2018 resources are underutilized hence there is scope for increasing these resources. Introduction it is one of the most economical protein sources in the world. It is a versatile crop with Soybean (Glycine max) is a species of legume innumerable possibilities of improving native to East Asia, it is an important global agriculture and supporting farming industry crop widely grown for its edible bean which (Ankita Parekh et al., 2012). has numerous uses. Soybean meal is a significant and cheap source of protein for India ranked fifth after USA, both in area animal feeds. Soybean is known as the (11.604 million hectare) and production “Golden bean” and “Miracle crop” etc, (8.569 million MT) in the world during 2015- because of its several uses. It is an excellent 16 (Ministry of Agriculture, Government of source of protein and oil. It contains about 40 India). The area under the crop in the per cent of good quality protein. Besides Karnataka state during 2015-16 was 113 utilization of Soybean as vegetable, it is also thousand hectare, the production was 97 used in oil industry where it occupies first thousand tons and productivity was 852 kg/ha. place in the world oil production. Soybean Soybean has attained a prominent position in based food products are also suitable to India‟s agro-economy with 12 per cent diabetic patients as they contain less contribution. As the country is in short supply carbohydrates and low cholesterol. Therefore, of edible oil and about 50 per cent of our 2155 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(1): 2155-2161 edible oil consumption is fulfilled by imports position. Average productivity of India was of different vegetable oils, there is a direct 1235 Kg per hectare. Madhya Pradesh has need to promote the production of oil seeds emerged as the soy state of the country with like Soybean. over 55 percent share in area as well as 9th in production. To the edible oil pool, Soybean World scenario has attained a prominent position in India‟s agro-economy with 12 per cent contribution. Soybean was first introduced to Europe in the Earnings through Soybean meal export during early 18th century and to British colonies in 2015-16 were 43,857 million. North America in 1765. It is a major oilseed crop in the world covering 91.29 million Materials and Methods hectare under oilseed crops and contributing around 57 per cent (220.81MT) of the total The present study was conducted in Belagavi oilseed production (390.39 MT) during 2010- district based on the major Soybean producing 11, which makes it as the leading oilseed crop area in Karnataka, for study purpose primary in the world. The phenomenal increase in its and secondary data were collected. Primary area and production together with the data relating to costs and returns involved in expansion in processing units has earned a production of Soybean from the selected prominent position for India on the world map farmers. Secondary data relating to area, of Soybean industry. Major Soybean production and productivity of Soybean and producing countries are United States (83.2 other relevant information for the study were MT), Brazil (72 MT), Argentina (48 MT), collected. The multi-stage random sampling China (13.5 MT) and India (12.55 MT). These procedure was adopted to choose the sample countries contribute more than 90 per cent of farmers (respondents). In the first stage, global Soybean production. The average Belagavi district was selected based on highest worldwide yield for Soybean crop in 2015 was Soybean area. In second stage, taluks having 2.5 tons per hectare. highest area under Soybean were selected. In the third stage, for selecting respondents, four Indian scenario villages were selected randomly. In the fourth and final stage, 15 rural respondents from each India ranked fifth both in area (11.604 million village selected. Thus, in all, the study sample hectare) and production (8.569 million MT) in consists of 60 respondents. For this purpose, the world during 2015-16 (Ministry of pre-tested and well-structured schedule were Agriculture, Government of India.). In India, used. Madhya Pradesh is the major producer of Soybean, which accounts for 58 per cent of The Cobb-Douglas type of production the countries production (6.67 MT), followed function was used to study the effect of by Maharashtra (4.32 MT), Rajasthan (1.12 various inputs on Soybean output. On account MT) and Karnataka (0.15 MT). The area of its well-known property of its under the crop in the Karnataka state during computational simplicity, justifies its wide 2010-11 was 113 thousand hectare, the application in analyzing production relations production was 97 thousand tons and (Handerson and Quandt, 1971). productivity was 852 kg/ha. During same period productivity in Andhra Pradesh was It being a homogenous function provided a highest (1278 kg/ha) and Madhya Pradesh scale factor enabling one to measure the with 1021 kg per hectare yield was at second returns to scale. The estimated regression 2156 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(1): 2155-2161 coefficients represented the production Allocative efficiency elasticities. The form of Cobb-Douglas production function used in the present study Given the technology, allocative efficiency is as follows. exists when resources are allocated within the farm according to market prices and it implies b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 u Y = aX1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 e . (1) the proper level of input use in production. To decide whether a particular input is used Where, rationally or irrationally, its marginal value products would be computed. If the marginal Y = Gross output in rupees value product of an input just covers its acquisition cost it is said that is used a = Intercept (efficiency) term efficiently. X1 = Expenditure on seeds ( /ha). The Marginal Value Products (MVP) was calculated at the geometric mean levels of X2 = Expenditure on Farm Yard Manure variables by using the following formula.... (FYM) ( /ha). Y th X3 = Human labour expenditure ( /ha). MVP i resource = bi * ------ X X4 = Bullock labour expenditure ( /ha). Where, X5= Machine labour expenditure ( /ha). Y = Geometric mean of the output X6 = Expenditure on fertilizers ( /ha). th Xi = Geometric mean of i independent X7 = Expenditure on Plant Protection variable Chemicals (PPC) ( /ha). th bi = The regression coefficient of the i eu = Error term independent variable bi‟s = Output elasticities of respective factor In order to determine, the efficiency of inputs, i = 1, 2….7 and allocation of the resources or price efficiency, the value of the marginal product obtained by The Cobb-Douglas production function was multiplying the marginal product (bi) by the converted into log linear form and parameters price of the product was compared with its (coefficients) were estimated by employing marginal cost. Ordinary Least Square Technique (OLS) as given below. A ratio of the value of marginal product to the factor price more than unity implied that the log Y = log a + b1 log X1 + b2 log X2 + b3 log resources were advantageously employed. If X3 + b4 log X4 + b5 log X5 + b6 log X6 + b7 log the ratio was less than one, it suggested that X7+ u log e (2) resource was over utilized. The regression coefficients (bi‟s) were tested The criterion for determining optimality of using „t‟ test at chosen level of significance. resource use was, 2157 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(1): 2155-2161 MVP/MFC > 1 underutilization of resources Among various operations of Soybean the MVP/MFC = 1 optimal use of resources Loading, transportation, spreading organic MVP/MFC < 1 excess use of resources. manure, Sowing, Fertilizer application and weeding used the equal unit of 3 man days. Results and Discussion However, the bullock labour utilization pattern in soybean cultivation was 1.22 man days for Input Used pattern per hectare of Soybean ploughing and 2 man days for sowing and in cultivation in the study area are presented in case of machine labour 1.5 ploughing and 1 Table 1. In the study area sample farmers for harrowing. cultivating Soybean only and hence the analysis is done for Soybean cultivation.