AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE IN TELANGANA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH V. PAVANKALYAN B.Sc. (CA&BM) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE (AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS) JULY,2013 AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE IN TELANGANA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH BY V. PAVANKALYAN B.Sc.(Ag.) 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. N. VASUDEV DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD-500 030 ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY JULY, 2013 DECLARATION I, V. PAVANKALYAN hereby declare that the thesis entitled “AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE IN TELANGANA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH” submitted to Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE is a result of the original research work done by me. I also declare that the thesis or part thereof has not been published earlier elsewhere in any manner. Date: Place: Hyderabad (V. PAVANKALYAN) I.D. No RAM/11-17 CERTIFICATE Mr. V. PAVANKALYAN has satisfactorily prosecuted the course of research and that the thesis entitled “AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE IN TELANGANA REGION 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 the thesis or part thereof has not been previously submitted by him for a degree of any University. Date: (Dr. N. VASUDEV) Place: Hyderabad Chairperson CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the thesis entitled “AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE IN TELANGANA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH” submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE of the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad is a record of the bonafide research work carried out by V. PAVANKALYAN under my guidance and supervision. The subject of the thesis has been approved bytheStudent’s Advisory Committee. No part of the thesis has been submitted for any other degree or diploma or has been published. The published part has been fully acknowledged. All the assistance and help received during the course of investigation have been duly acknowledged bytheauthorofthethesis. (Dr. N. VASUDEV) Chairperson oftheAdvisory Committee Thesis approved bytheStudent’s Advisory Committee Chairperson : (Dr. N. VASUDEV) _________________ Professor& Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Collegeof Agriculture, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Member : (Dr. K. SUHASHINI) _________________ Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Collegeof Agriculture, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Member : (Dr.B.H.V. BHAVE) _________________ Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Collegeof Agriculture, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I offer my obeisance to the ‘Almighty’ for his boundless blessing, whichaccompanied mein all theendeavours. I am pleased to place my profound etiquette to Dr. N. VASUDEV, Professor & Head (Agricultural Economics), College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad and esteemed Chairperson of my Advisory Committee for hir learned counsel, unstinted attention, arduous and meticulous guidance on the work in all stages. Her keen interest, patient hearing and constructive criticism have installed in methe spiritof confidence tosuccessfullycomplete thetask. I deem it my privilege in expressing my fidelity to Dr. K. SUHASHINI, Professor, (Agricultural Economics), College of Agriculture, Rajendra Nagar and member of my Advisory Committee for her munificent acquiescence and meticulous reasoning to refine this thesis and most explicitly to reckon with set standards. Ineffable in my gratitude and sincere thanks to her for his transcendent suggestions and effortsto embellish the study. I sincerely extend my profound gratitude and appreciation to the member of my advisory committee to Dr. B.H.V. BHAVE Professor, Department of Mathemetics & Statistics, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, for his valuable help andcooperation during thecourse ofmy study. Words are not enough to express my whole-hearted and affectionate gratitude to my beloved parents Sri. V. Dasarath and Smt. V.Sajji bai for their unbounding love, unparallel affection and unstinted encouragement throughout my educational career and without whose invaluable moral support, the thesis would not have seen thelightof theday. With boundless affection, I would hearty acknowledge the constant encouragement and inspiration given to me by beloved brother-in-law M. Hanuman naik andSister M. Ramya. No words are enough to express the affection to my special friend, R. Ramesh, for his help, guidance, constant encouragement and companionship in my personal and professional life and my best friends Archana karuni, Deep Narayan Mukarjee, Eric Kaima for their moral supportduring research work. I express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to my Department Seniors, B. Sravanthi Kumari, Ramesh, Kumara Swamy and Suman for their valuableguidance andencouragement. It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the affection and inspiration rendered by myjunior friends S. Sowjanya, Ashok, Pavan kumar and Shiva. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the affection and inspiration rendered by my friends, B. Srinu naik, Manohar naik , D. Ramesh, D. Nagu naik, R. Ramesh, and D. Saida naik for their love, affection, special care and all time pragmatic help and cooperation which helped for my goal setting and spiritual upliftmentduring my studiesandworries. I humbly thank the authorities of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University and Government of Andhra Pradesh for the financial help in the formof stipendduring my studyperiod. Finally, I wish my humble thanks to one and all who have directly or indirectly contributed to theconduct ofthestudy. (V.PAVANKALYN) LIST OF CONTENTS Chapter Title PageNo. No. I INTRODUCTION II REVIEW OF LITERATURE III MATERIALS AND METHODS AGRO-ECONOMIC FEATURES AND IV TRIBAL CONDITIONS V RESULTS AND DISCUSSION VI SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS LITERATURE CITED LIST OF TABLES Table Title PageNo. No. Particulars location ofKhammam and Warangal districts 4.1 Population of Khammam and Warangal districts as per 4.2 2011census Occupational distribution of Khammam and Warangal 4.3 districts Land utilization particulars of Khammam and Warangal 4.4 districts2011 Source of irrigation in the Khammam and Warangal 4.5 district(2010-2011) Area under principle crops in Khammam and Warangal 4.6 districts Thetribal population inKhammam and Warangal districts 4.7 Demographic features of the selected mandals in 4.8 Khammam and Warangal districts(2011 census) Land utilization patterns in selected mandals in Khammam and Warangal districts during 2010-11(Area in 4.9 acres) Area underprinciple crops (for 2011-12) inselected 4.10 mandalsof Khammam & Warangal districts Demographic features oftheselected villages in 4.11 Khammam and Warangal districts(2011Census) Land utilizationpattern oftheselected villages in 4.12 Khammam and Warangal districts Average size of family and worker members on the farm inKhammam and Warangal districts 5.1 Structure oftheholdings -size oftheselected holdings 5.2 (farm in hectares) 5.3 Structure and value offarm assets ondifferent sizes of sampledfarms (Rs.) Patternof cropped area and cropping intensities on 5.4 sampledfarms (in ha) Existing cropping pattern onthesampled farms (ha) 5.5 Labourutilization incotton cultivation according to farm 5.6 sizeperhectare (in man days) Labourutilization inmaize cultivation according to farm 5.7 sizeperhectare (in man days) Labourutilization inpaddy cultivationaccording to farm 5.8 sizeperhectare (in man days) Labourutilization ingroundnut cultivation according to 5.9 farm size perhectare (in man days) Compositionof different cost components in the 5.10 productionof cotton ondifferent sizeof farms (Rupees perhectare) Compositionof different cost components in the 5.11 productionof maize ondifferent sizeoffarms (Rupees per hectare) Compositionof different cost components in the 5.12 productionof paddy ondifferent sizeoffarms (Rupees perhectare) compositionofdifferent cost components inthe 5.13 productionof groundnut ondifferent size offarms (Rupees per hectare) Costofproduction ofcotton according to cost concepts 5.14 (Rupees per hectare) Costofproduction ofmaize according to cost concepts 5.15 (Rupees per hectare) Costofproduction paddy according to cost concepts 5.16 (Rupees per hectare) Cost of production of ground nut according to cost 5.17 concepts (Rupees per hectare)
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