Economic and Technological Effect of Rice Variety GAR-13 in Middle Gujarat

Abstract

The study aimed to comprehend the technological and economic impact by contrasting the prevalent local variety of rice grown by the farmers in the study area with the rice variety GAR-13, which was released by Anand Agricultural University. One hundred GAR-13 and one hundred local variety respondents were considered in collecting primary data. The findings showed that farmers who planted GAR-13 had better gross and net income per hectare than farmers who planted native varieties of rice, with a benefit-cost ratio of about 1.44 above Cost C2. Additionally, GAR-13 produced a yield and price that were much greater than those of the local variety, which helped the farmers' net income to increase. Furthermore, technology made for about 16.06 per cent of the total. The variation in productivity caused by the input consumption level was approximately 4.84 per cent, which went toward the overall productivity variance of crudely 19.93 per cent. According to the findings, adopting the GAR-13 improved variety of AAU, Anand enabled farmers to increase their income and profit from its high quality and cooking parameters. As a result, wider adoption of the variety has to be encouraged through capacity building and extension initiatives.