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Table 4.1 Consumption and Cost Fertilizers in Paddy Cultivation

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Paddy cultivation in Kuttanadu thomascombi doc
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C. Use of weedicides and insecticides and their costs

Table 4.1
Consumption and Cost Fertilizers in Paddy Cultivation
Consumption (in kg/Acre)
Cost (in Rs./Acre)
Type of
farmers
N
P
K
N+P+K Lime N+P+K Lime Total
Marginal
38.3 79.0 44.8 162.1 22.7 855 54 909 Small
47.0 87.9 49.4 184.3 45.9 977 107 1084 Medium
54.9 87.0 51.0 192.9 62.7 980 158 1138 Large
46.3 82.5 47.5 176.3 74.2 870 170 1040 Average
46.6 84.1 48.2 178.9 51.4 921 122 1043

C. Use of weedicides and insecticides and their costs
More than 80 percent of the sample paddy farmers in the study area use weedicides and its average application per acre is estimated as 352 millilitres. Over the past few years the use of weedicides is becoming increasingly popular among the sample farmers. On the other hand the extent of the use of insecticides has been declining in this area. Most of the sample farmers have either reduced the quantity of pesticides they used to apply or have completely stopped its application. Present survey reveals that only 64 percent of them had applied any varieties of pesticides or insecticides in their fields during the last puncha season. The per acre application of pesticides in the study area is found to be 310 millilitres and its cost is estimated as 151.61 rupees. Compared to the other categories of farmers, the per acre cost on weedicides is found to be higher for the

medium farmers while the cost of insecticides per acre is found to be relatively higher for marginal farmers. Due to the variations in the types of used insecticides, their total quantity and costs are not in perfect correlation. Per acre application of weedicides and pesticides and their respective costs for the different categories of farmers are given in table 4.2

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