Abstract

A study was conducted in Ikkaraiboluvampatty village to get an accurate insight into the crop production system. A total number of 15 respondents practicing traditional farm technologies and 15 respondents practicing innovative farm technologies were selected and their energy use pattern assessed. Sorghum crop was considered as a representative crop. On an average the traditional farms utilised 8103.80 MJ/ha and the mechanised farms 10246.00 MJ/ha. The energy imput ratios for both traditional and mechanised farms were 13.23 and 23.78, respectivelly. Thus the energy use efficiency was higher in mechanised farms as compared to traditional farms. Eventhough the input energy was high in mechanised farms, their corresponding increase in output energy showed the relative performance of factor inputs

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