Agricultural Economics Research Review
Year : 2021, Volume : 34, Issue : conf
First page : ( 213) Last page : ( 214)
Print ISSN : 0971-3441. Online ISSN : 0974-0279.

Soil resources information for sustaining farmer producer company

Kumar S C Ramesh*, Hegde Rajendra, Dwivedi B S

ICAR- National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning Regional Center, Bengaluru-560 024

*Corresponding author: scrameshkumar@gmail.com

Online Published on 16 March, 2022.

Abstract

Soil resources information can be used to predict or estimate the potentials and limitations of soils for many specific uses. A soil survey includes an important part of the information that is used to make workable plans for land management. Knowledge of the characteristics of the soil helps in determining the crop choices, irrigation scheduling, soil amendment needs, general drainage requirements, and crop management practices needed to maintain optimal soil conditions for plant growth. Soil Survey information is an important component of technology transfer. Misallocation of factors of production across heterogeneous production units is important in explaining differences in measured productivity across farms. To assess the role of soil information in minimizing fertilizer misallocation, we consider soil resources information and the package of practices for crops as a benchmark for comparing fertilizer requirements for each of diverse farm households. We calculate the fertilizer use deviation from soil test-based fertilizer requirement and blanket recommendations as misallocation. This paper focused on identifying the land resources constraints and potential status of Nanjevanapura village in Udigala Horticultural Producers Company, Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka which was established in 2016 by the Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka. Keeping in view the objectives of FPO, an attempt was made to study land resources inventory and provide the land resources information for enhancing the efficiency in horticultural production. The extent of fertilizer misallocation in the cultivation of tomato crop across the farms shows that there is considerable scope for reducing the excess application of Rs-1095(ranging from Rs -180 to Rs -2170) and deficit application of Rs 808 (ranging from Rs320 to Rs 1350) per ha. This conclusively supports the argument for avoiding the cost of fertilizer misallocation besides its impact on soil fertility degradation. Thus, using soil information, it is possible to reduce the cost of cultivation, enhancing productivity and long-term sustainability of Farmers Producer Companies as they have to identify the production clusters and estimate the correct input requirements for production planning of FPO.

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