Resource Use Efficiency and Constraints in Organic Vs Inorganic Turmeric Farming in Gujarat, India

Abstract

In organic farming MVP:MFC ratio for human labour, planting material and irrigation were -7.36, 9.82 and 43.6, respectively which indicated that human labour was over-utilized while planting material and irrigation were under-utilized from the results, we can clearly see that there was ample scope of increasing organic turmeric production by decreasing the quantity of human labour and increasing the quantity of planting material and manure. In case of inorganic turmeric farming MVP:MFC ratio for human labour, planting material, fertilizer and irrigation were -6.31, 11.38, -16.67, 54.33, respectively which indicated that human labour and fertilizer were over-utilized while planting material and irrigation were under-utilized. In case of organic farmers had constrains like stem rotting in turmeric, unavailability of labour, disease management, low availability of organic manures, no alternate of FYM and farmers get low prices, there is a need for a comprehensive framework that integrates organic farming with bottom up responses, technology diffusion with reciprocal knowledge flow from farmers’ institution and their local resources and innovation. While in case of inorganic turmeric farmers had constraints like labour scarcity, lack of co-operative societies, lack of technical guidance.