RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2010 · 19 citations · 9 references
AgricultureAgricultural EconomicsOrganic AgricultureAgricultural DevelopmentFarm ManagementRural EconomicsAgricultural Land EconomicsAgricultural Production EconomicsAgricultural Production SystemsOrganic Farming SystemsOrganic Production SystemsTransition To Organic Production
The present paper focuses mainly on the issues like economics and efficiency of organic farming visà - vis conventional farming in India. Four states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and U.P were purposively selected for the present study. Similarly, four major crops i.e., cotton, sugarcane, paddy and wheat were chosen for comparison. A model based nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used for analyzing the efficiency of the farming systems.
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