2023, Vol. 8, Special Issue 4

The study was conducted in Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh to comprehend the relationship between cost and return, impact of input costs on sugarcane yield, returns and marginal value productivity. The study is entirely based on primary data gathered from 200 farmers (borrower and non-borrower) and for objectives of the study using the statistical methods such as CACP cost concept and Cobb-Douglas production function. The result reveled that the overall average cost of sugarcane cultivation on borrower sample farms was higher than the non-borrower sample farms. It is showed that the finance helped the borrower farmers to apply the scientific input factor and technologies which ultimately raised the cost of cultivation, increase gross income, net income and B:C ratio were proportionately higher on borrower farms than non-borrower sample farms. And functional analysis shows that the value of sum of elasticity, R2 and marginal value productivity were higher on borrower sample farms than non-borrowers. It was concluded that financial support from institutional financing agencies to the farmers are always supportive to improve the socio-economic condition of the farmers.

1.The finance helped the borrower farmers to apply the scientific input factor and technologies.

2.The B:C ratio was observed to be highest on borrower and lowest on non-borrower sample farms.

The functional analysis, return to scale and marginal value of productivity were higher on borrower sample farms.