Productivity and profitability of maize-pumpkin mix cropping in Chitwan, Nepal

Authors

  • Shiva Chandra Dhakal Asst. professor, AFU, Rampur, Chitwan
  • Punya Prasad Regmi Professor (Agricultural Economics), TU, IAAS, Rampur, Chitwan
  • Resham Bahadur Thapa Professor (Entomology), TU, IAAS, Rampur, Chitwan
  • Shrawan Kumar Sah Professor (Agronomy), AFU, Rampur, Chitwan
  • Dilli Bahadur Khatri-Chhetri Seed Value Chain and Marketing Expert at CIMMYT International

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jmrd.v1i1.14249

Keywords:

Productivity, profitability, returns to scale, Allocative efficiency, Cobb-Douglas production function, pollinators

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the productivity, profitability and resource use efficiency of maize-pumpkin mix crop production in Chitwan. The study used 53 maize-pumpkin mix crop adopting farmers from among 300 farmers adopting different pollinator friendly practices. Descriptive and statistical tools including Cobb-Douglas production function were used to analyze data, collected from structured interview schedule. The benefit cost ratio (1.58) indicates that maize-pumpkin mix cropping was profitable with productivity of 2.83 ton per ha on maize main product equivalent basis. The magnitude of regression coefficients of maize-pumpkin mix cropping implied that expenditure on seed and fertilizer and irrigation had significant positive effect on gross return with estimated decreasing return to scale (0.85). According to estimated allocative efficiency indices, it is suggested to increase expenditure on seed and fertilizer cum irrigation by about 90% and 55% respectively. Extension of modern technologies with adjustment on resource use is to be encouraged for increase in productivity and profitability of maize-pumpkin mix crop production which indirectly promotes and ensure forage for pollinators

Journal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):112-122

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34290

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Published

2015-12-30

How to Cite

Dhakal, S. C., Regmi, P. P., Thapa, R. B., Sah, S. K., & Khatri-Chhetri, D. B. (2015). Productivity and profitability of maize-pumpkin mix cropping in Chitwan, Nepal. Journal of Maize Research and Development, 1(1), 112–122. https://doi.org/10.3126/jmrd.v1i1.14249

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