Year: 2016 | Month: June | Volume 61 | Issue 2
A case study on resource-use efficiency in Onion cultivation in West Bengal, India
DOI:10.5958/0976-4666.2016.00041.3
Abstract:
This study focuses on the aspects of resource use efficiency of onion growers in the Indo-Gangetic Region of West Bengal, India. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been used in measuring efficiency level of stakeholders followed by K-means clustering for grouping them into homogeneous strata. The prime objective of this study is to explore the scope of increasing onion-yield as well as production using current resource base at the disposal of farmers. Additionally, characterization of growers in terms of several socio-economic indicators was made and studied. Finally, the study ends with advocating policy intervention measures in the gray fields. The study observed much potential for augmenting onion-yield with existing resource base of farmers with careful interventions.
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