economics of rice based cropping systems in nellore district of andhra pradesh j. naipunya 2015

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ECONOMICS OF RICE BASED
CROPPING SYSTEMS IN NELLORE
DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

J. NAIPUNYA

B.Sc. (Ag.)

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
(AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS)

2015
ECONOMICS OF RICE BASED CROPPING
SYSTEMS IN NELLORE DISTRICT OF
ANDHRA PRADESH

BY
J. NAIPUNYA
B.Sc., (A.g)

THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE
ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
(AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS)

CHAIRPERSON: Dr. S. RAJESWARI

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
SRI VENKATESWARA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
TIRUPATI
ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD–500 030

2015
CERTIFICATE

Ms. J. NAIPUNYA has satisfactorily prosecuted the course of
research and that the thesis entitled “ECONOMICS OF RICE BASED
CROPPING SYSTEMS IN NELLORE DISTRICT OF ANDHRA
PRADESH” submitted, is the result of original research work and is of
sufficiently high standard to warrant its presentation to the examination.
I also certify that neither the thesis nor its part thereof has been previously
submitted by her for a degree of any university.

Date :
Place : Tirupati
(Dr. S.RAJESWARI)
Chairperson
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
S.V. Agricultural College
Tirupati – 517 502, A.P.
DECLARATION

I, Ms. J. NAIPUNYA, hereby declare that the thesis entitled
“ECONOMICS OF RICE BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS IN
NELLORE DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH” submitted to
Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University for the Degree of MASTER
OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE is a result of original research work
done by me. It is further declared that the thesis or any part there of has not
been published earlier in any manner.

Date : (J. NAIPUNYA)
Place : Tirupati I.D. No. TAM/2013-10
CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the thesis entitled “ECONOMICS OF RICE
BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS IN NELLORE DISTRICT OF
ANDHRA PRADESH” submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE to the Acharya
N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, is a record of the bonafide
original research work carried out by Ms. J. NAIPUNYA under our guidance
and supervision.

No part of the thesis has been submitted by the student for any other
degree or diploma. The published part and all assistance received during the
course of the investigations have been duly acknowledged by the author of the
thesis.

Thesis approved by the Student’s Advisory Committee

Chairperson : Dr. S.RAJESWARI ______________
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
S.V. Agricultural College
Tirupati – 517 502, A.P.

Member : Dr. I. BHAVANI DEVI ______________
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
S.V. Agricultural College
Tirupati – 517 502, A.P.

Member : Dr. P.SUMATHI ______________
Assistant professor
Department of Statistics and Mathematics
S.V. Agricultural College
Tirupati – 517 502, A.P.

Date of final viva-voce:
LIST OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
NO. NO.

I INTRODUCTION

II REVIEW OF LITERATURE

III MATERIAL AND METHODS

IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

LITERATURE CITED
LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
% : Per cent
Rs : Rupees
et al., : And others
Fig. : Figure
CS : Cropping system
FYM : Farm Yard Manure
ha : Hectare
Kg : Kilogram
lit. : Litre
MFC : Marginal factor cost
MVP : Marginal value productivity
N : Nitrogen
P : Phosphorus
K : Potassium
M ha : million hectares
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

It is by the immense blessing of Lord Venkateswara for his grace and
blessings showered on me in each and every step of my life, that I could achieve
this goal.
I am inexpressibly ecstatic to extend my deep sense of my gratitude to
luminous educationalist and esteemed chairperson of my advisory committee
Dr.S. Rajeswari, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics,
S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati for her dexterous guidance, illuminating
suggestions and unremitting assistance throughout the period of study,
research and in completion of this thesis. I owe her a huge debt of gratitude
forever for all that I got from her.
I am ineffable to express my esteemed thanks to the revered member of
my advisory committee, Dr.I. Bhavani Devi, Professor, Department of
Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati for her keen
interest, ardent support and persistent encouragement showered to me.
I sincerely accentuate my everlasting gratitude to the revered member
of my advisory committee, Smt P. Sumathi, Assistant Professor, Department of
Statistics and Mathematics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati for her
inspiring, meticulous and valuable guidance during the entire period of my
investigation.
I am personally indebted to Dr. P. Raghu ram Professor and Univesity
Head (Retd), Sri Dr.T.V.Neelakanta Sastry, Professor and Head (Retd) and
Sri. B. Pratap reddy Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural
Economics, S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati for their help and guidance
during the period of this study.
I acknowledge with great pleasure the manifold assistance rendered by
Dr. N. Vani and Dr. B. Aparna, Assistant Professors, Department of
Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College , Tirupati.
But for the affection, words of encouragement, boundless love,
unflagging inspiration, interest and selfless sacrifice of my parents I would
not have been what I am today. I owe all my success to the special persons in
my life my mother Smt M. Bhudevi, my father Sri J.M. Anantha murthy and
my brothers Dr.J. Maruthi Prasad, Dr.J. Anil kumar, my peddananna
Sri Chiranjivulu, peddamma Smt Kamalamma, my sister Dr. J. Hima Bindu,
Dr. Naganjaneyulu, little brother Shasi.
I am in dearth of words to express my deep feelings of love and affection
to my dear most amiable friends Sunil, Usha, Bharu, Vijji, Rasheed, Joshna,
Chaithu, Kranthi and Pavi for their deep concern and life encouragement in
making my study period a memorable with their high degree of friendliness and
deep affection. They paid enormous patience, mercy and caring during my
entire graduation.
I owe thanks from depth of my heart to my colleagues Divya, Jahnavi
and Krishna Teja for their friendly assistance and cooperation during my
research work. Special thanks to my seniors Vijaya Nirmala, Sharmila and
Ph.D scholars Srikala, Sirisha, Parvathi, Ramya lakshmi, Bharath kumar,
and SRF’s Anand, Subramanyam , Venkatesh and for beloved juniors Divya,
Merlin and Yesdhanulla for their help during the course of my study.
It is different to put my feelings into words of thanks to my beloved
childhood friends Lavanya, C. Teja, Kusuma, Muni lakshimi, Fathima and
Shilpa.
No words could justice to express my deepest sense of love and gratitude
towards my friends, classmates and juniors Manju, Anitha, Navya, Jyostna,
Siddeswari, Mehtaz, Yamini, Manoja, Rani, Thanu, Rajitha, Shahidha,
Kavitha, Nischi, Siri, Uma, Puspa and Bharathi for their excellent company,
inspiration, moral support, boost up and healthy friendship.
I express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to my seniors Harathi, Shilpa,
Swathi, and Nivii for their valuable guidance and encouragement.
I am grateful to Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University,
Hyderabad for providing me stipend for prosecuting my post graduation
programme.
I would like to acknowledge the efforts of Sri Sai Xerox (Ramu), Balaji
Colony, Tirupati for neat execution of the thesis.
In finale, I thank all my well wishers and others who helped me directly
or indirectly not placed here, for their kind cooperation and support rendered
to me.

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