Comparative Economics of Organic and Inorganic Farming

Investigation was undertaken to estimate cost and returns in organic and inorganic farming considering cotton, pigeonpea, mung in Kharif season and wheat in Rabi season. For these, total 100 samples were studied out of which 50 were organic cultivators and 50 were inorganic cultivators. The gross income was observed higher in organic farming. Input-output ratios were higher in organic farming as compared to inorganic farming. They were 1.49 against 1.27 for cotton, 1.64 against 1.53, for pigeonpea, 1.54 against 1.38 for mung and 1.49 against 1.28 for wheat at cost ‘C’. The major constraints observed were lack of awareness, high input cost, low yield, certification from government and poor market linkage.