Fertilizer Use Efficiency in Paddy Production

ISBN-13: 9783659311628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 128 str.

Sendhil Ramadas;Reddy Subba;Ram Raghu

Opis

Increasing crop productivity with optimal use of resources is a prime concern to ensure food security. Fertilizer is a key input and costly resource in our endeavor to increase the food production. Hence efficient use of fertilizers has its own significance. This book elaborates the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in estimating the technical efficiency of crop production with respect to resource use and the possible ways to augment the crop production.

O autorze

The author presently works at the Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal, India. His area of interest includes technology policy, environmental economics, market outlook, price forecasting and growth modeling. He completed his Masters at S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati and Doctorate at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.