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Economics of Paddy Cultivation in Kerala: A Case Study

Author(s) : Dr. Mohamed Kutty Kakkakunnan

Volume & Issue : VOLUME 2 / 2014 , ISSUE 2

Page(s) : 12


Abstract

Decline in the area under paddy cultivation and paddy production is one of the major socio-economic and political problems faced by Kerala. Severe scarcity of farm workers and uneconomical nature of paddy cultivation are the major reasons often quoted to explain this trend. But, mechanisation and modernisation has resulted in reducing the dependence on farm labourers, cost of cultivation and completing farm operations on time. At present paddy cultivation is no more an uneconomical but a profitable endeavour

Keywords

Paddy cultivation, Paddy in Kerala, Economics of paddy cultivation

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