COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND INPUT USE EFFICIENCY OF FRESH AND RATOON SUGARCANE PRODUCTION ACROSS SELECTED DISTRICT OF CENTRAL PLAIN ZONE OF UTTAR PRADESH INDIA

The economics of planted and ratoon sugarcane cultivation have been computed using primary data collected from 150 sugarcane growers spread over two blocks (three villages from each block) of Sitapur district in Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh (INDIA).The use of CACP methods for various aspects of costs and returns, Benefit-cost ratio (BCR) and Cobb -Douglas production function for higher value of coefficient of multiple determination was determined.The study had shown that the value of BCR on variable cost was higher for ratoon crop (3.65) than in planted crop (2.97).In all the situation, ratoon crops realized more profit from each rupee invested as compared to planted crop.The net return on operational cost realized per hectare were Rs.1,77,594 and Rs.1,60,665.0 in planted and ratoon condition.The mode of pattern followed was same as has been conducted by Singh et al. ( 2021) .The almost resource input were found significant at 1% and 5% level of probability except human labour, fertilizers and plant protection chemicals used, these resources were not utilized efficiently resulting in low productivity of sugarcane.There is enough scope for investment in human labour, fertilizer and plant protection chemicals to increase productivity.Therefore, ratoon sugarcane was more remunerative and yield can be sustainable if induce the farmers to go for ratooning continuously and addressed a proper package of practices will be followed.