Changing Capital Composition at the Farm Households and Its Impact on the Timeliness of Agronomic Practices in Maize Production: An Empirical Study in Davangere District, Karnataka

Mr. Shivaprakash; S.C.; Dr. K.B.Rangappa

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2018

Changing Capital Composition at the Farm Households and Its Impact on the Timeliness of Agronomic Practices in Maize Production: An Empirical Study in Davangere District, Karnataka

Mr. Shivaprakash, S. C. , Dr. K. B. Rangappa

Abstract :

Trends in the composition of capital assets at the farm households and impact of ownership of capital assets on the timely performance of sowing and inter–cultivation has been assessed by using the primary data collected form the 144 randomly selected farmers. The study has observed considerable decline in the percentage of farmers owning the bullock pairs, harvesting yard, livestock and the implements. There is increasing trend in the ownership of tractors and bore–wells but still percentage of farmers owning these assets is very low. The percentage of farmers performed the sowing and inter–cultivation at the right time was significantly more among the farmers who have the bullock pairs, tractors, implements compared to the farmers who have not owned these assets. Farmers who have tube–wells could create their own right time for performing sowing and inter–cultivation by providing protective irrigation.