Deterivrinants of Farm Productivity in Organic and Inorganic Farming System
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2014
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The major objective ol’ this study was to determine the major common factors intluencing the
land productivity of Vellore region located in the state of 'familnadu across organic and
inorganic cultivation and to suggest some policy measures to promote organic farming, fhe
sample size consisted of farmers adopting 23 organic and 20 inorganic farming system.
Discriminant analysis was carried out to analyse the data. It was found that land size, number of
labourers employed, number of implements used and output were the highest discriminating
variables. It was suggested that that there is more scope for organic farming with proper training
and knowledge through research. Organic farmers are best practitioners as well and they realize
greater average yields.