ECONOMICS OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL PADDY FARMING IN MAHBUBNAGAR DISTRICT OF TELANGANA

Abstract

India is the second largest producer of rice in the world with 117.94 m.tons in 2019. In the past 50 years, rice production has nearly tripled following
the introduction of semi dwarf modern varieties accompanied with usage of large quantities of fertilizers and pesticides. The demand for food grains
is increasing day by day in order to meet the requirements of growing population. In order to meet the growing food demand, farmers started cultivating modern varieties using chemical fertil izers, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides etc.