International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development
2025, Vol. 8, Issue 6, Part D
An economic analysis of varietal diversification and market share of paddy in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh
Homesh Jaiswal, Ravi Shrey, MR Chandrakar and Abhinav Sao
The present study was conducted to work out the varietal diversification, to examine the different sources of paddy seed and their market share and cost and returns of different major variety grown by the farmer in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh. The survey for specified objective was conducted in Kawardha, Pandariya, Sahaspur lohara, and bodla blocks of Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh. Data were collected from 126 rice growers, respondents were selected proportionately the grower and stakeholder was chosen from total 8 villages. The primary data were collected from the paddy growers through personal interview method with the help of well-prepared questionnaire for the production and marketing year 2023-2024.
Result should that major grew variety was Arize (Bayer) followed by Swarna, Mahamaya, Safri, MTU1010 and HMT. The total area 259.89 ha. Overall Simpson index wes (0.61) which showed high varietal diversity index in the study area. There were 24 major paddy varieties supplied by different agencies in Chhattisgarh among them 15 varieties were developed by IGKV and contributed (13.35 percent) seed supply of state.
The study reveal that Arize (Bayer) was the most popularized variety in study area The overall cost of cultivation of Arize (Bayer) 67083.82 Rs/ha. The overall gross income with bonus was 201302.38 rs/ha, the overall input-output ratio was 1:3.07 and the overall BC ratio was 2:0.7 with bonus
Homesh Jaiswal, Ravi Shrey, MR Chandrakar, Abhinav Sao. An economic analysis of varietal diversification and market share of paddy in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh. Int J Agric Extension Social Dev 2025;8(6):291-298. DOI: 10.33545/26180723.2025.v8.i6d.2063
