Author(s): T Sivasakthi Devi, S Selvaraj, T Sivasankari Devi, A Pouchepparadjou, M Umamageswari and K Chitra

Abstract: The study was conducted to find out the technical efficiency of the precision farming in Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu. It employed a multistage purposive sampling method for the selection of sample households. Cost of cultivation method and stochastic frontier production approach were used to find out and compare the benefit cost ratio and technical efficiency of the both precision and conventional non-precision farming. The results revealed that the B:C ratio of precision farming and non-precision farming were 2.64 and 1.96 respectively. The estimated mean technical efficiency revealed that the farmers tended to realise only 93 per cent and 75 per cent of their technical abilities in tomato cultivation through precision and non-precision farming respectively and there was a potential to realize a further seven per cent and 25 per cent of their technical abilities in production respectively. High investment cost followed by smaller farm size, lack of credit facilities and lack of consensus in a joint family to adopt the precision farming system were found as the major constraints in adopting to precision farming to cultivate tomato cultivation in the study area. The study suggested that by providing better training, credit support and subsidy and promoting cooperative farming, the efficiency of tomato production through precision farming would improve in the water scarce study area.

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