Hybrid Rice Seed Production in Khammam District of Telangana State: A Critical Analysis
2020
M. Venkataramulu | Kumar, J. Hemantha | Venu Prasad H D
The success of hybrid rice cultivation depends on the success of the hybrid rice seed production programme which enables seed producers to produce high quality seed at an economical price. Different private companies are promoting this hybrid rice seed production and farmers are switching over to adopting the hybrid rice seed production against the traditional rice cultivation. Hybrid rice seed production requires specialized techniques which must be fully understood by the production staff. With this backdrop the present study was carried out to know the cost of cultivation of hybrid rice seed production in comparison with non hybrid rice production and also look into the aspects of constraints, reasons and suggestions given by the farmers regarding hybrid rice seed production in the Khammam district of Telangana during 2014-15. A total of 120 farmers were selected using multistage sampling method and they were personally interviewed with the help of schedule. The results from the study indicate that the net income obtained from hybrid rice seed production was Rs. 29,822/- per acre and that of non-hybrid rice was Rs. 9419/- per acre. The constraints faced by the farmers in cultivation of hybrid rice seed production includes hard work involved in cultivation compared to non-hybrid rice, difficulty in setting pollination, separate operations for male and female parents etc. As much as 82 per cent of the respondents expressed high profit from hybrid rice seed production when compared to non-hybrid rice and this is the major motivational factor among farmers to take up hybrid rice seed production in future. Also, nearly 48 per cent of the respondents felt that the prices offered by the company was low and it need to be increased
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