Resource Use Efficiency in Paddy and Cotton Cultivation in Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka

The study was under taken in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state. The two major Taluks viz., Mundagod and Haliyal where paddy has been largely replaced by cotton were selected. From each Taluk, 30 farmers growing paddy and 30 farmers growing cotton were selected randomly for the study. In paddy cultivation farmers used 46.90 man days of human labour, 13.76 pair days of bullock labour and 4.28 hours of machine labour, 3.92 tonnes of FYM. 138.8 kg of nitrogenous, 69.7 kg of phosphorus and 59.61 kg of potassium fertilizers kg per hectare. The seed rate used was 78.8 kgs per hectare. In cultivation of cotton the sample farmers used 59.41 man days of human labour, 20.67 pair days of bullock labour and 1.19 hours of machine labour per hectare, 5.32 tonnes of FYM. 140.9 kg of nitrogenous and 71.2 kg of phosphorus and 68.3 kg of potassium fertilizer per hectare. The seed rate used was 2.87 kg per hectare. In cultivation of paddy FYM, chemical fertilizers and bullock labour were underutilized whereas seeds and FYM were underutilized where was chemical fertilizers, human labour and bullock labour were over utilized.