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INTRODUCTION
 AGRICULTURE ????
“Cultivation & production of crops and livestock
products”
“Field-dependent production of food, fodder &
industrial organic material”
 PRODUCTION ???? production is the act of creating
'use' value or 'utility' that can satisfy a want or need.
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ECONOMICS
“To how people choose to use productive resources to
produce various goods and to distribute these goods to
various members of society for their consumption”
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AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
“ Principles & methods of economics applied to the
special conditions of agricultural industry ”
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MEANING
 SELECTION OF PRODUCTION PATTERNS
 RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY
 OPTIMIZE THE OBJECTIVE FUNCTION OF
FARMING COMMUNITY OR NATION
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GOALS
 TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUAL
FARMERS IN USING THEIR RESOURCES MOST
EFFICIENTLY.
 TO FACILITATE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF
RESOURCES FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
ECONOMY.
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DEFINITION
“IT IS AN APPLIED FIELD OF SCIENCE WHEREIN
THE PRINCIPLES OF CHOICE ARE APPLIED TO
THE USE OF CAPITAL, LABOUR, LAND &
MANAGEMENT RESOURCES IN THE FARMING
INDUSTRY”.
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OBJECTIVES
 To determine & outline the conditions which gives the
optimum use of resources in the production of crops &
livestock.
 To determine the extent to which the existing use of
resources deviates from the optimum use.
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 To analyze the forces which condition existing
production patterns and resources use.
 To explain mean and methods in getting from the
existing use to optimum use of resources.
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SCOPE OF SUBJECT
 APPLYING ECONOMIC LOGIC TO PROBLEMS THAT
OCCUR IN AGRICULTURE
 ANY PROBLEM OF FARMERS RELATED TO
RESOURCES ALLOCATION.
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CONT…
 THE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ECONOMICS IS
CONCERNED WITH ANY PHENOMENA, WHICH
HAVE A BEARING ON ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN
THE USE OF RESOUECES
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BASIC CONCEPTS
 FARM:
Piece of land, where crops & livestock enterprises are
taken up under a single management and has specific
boundaries
• AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS:
Total area of land owned by an individual or joint
family whether cultivated by the family or rented out.
• OPERATIONAL HOLDING:
Total land area held under a single management for
the purpose of cultivation.
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BASIC CONCEPTS
 OPTIMUM HOLDING:
Maximum size of holding which a family should
possess.
 ECONOMIC HOLDING:
Land area which could provide a reasonable standard
of living to the cultivators.
 MARGINAL FARMER:
Farmer owning less than 2.5 acres of land.
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BASIC CONCEPTS
 SMALL FARMER:
Farmer owning land holding ranging from 2.5 to 5
acres.
 PRODUCTION:
Process whereby some goods & services are transferred
into other goods called output.
 PRODUCT:
An outcome of utilization of resources & services of
resources.
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BASIC CONCEPTS
 TECHNICAL COEFFICIENT:
The amount of input per unit of output.
 TECHNICAL UNIT:
Convenient unit in production for which output &
returns are calculated.
 PLANT:
Group of technical units.
 RESOURCES:
Anything that aids in production.
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BASIC CONCEPTS
 RESOURCES SERVICES:
Work done by a person or a machine or livestock.
 FIXED REESOURCES:
Resources which remain unchanged irrespective of
level of production.
 VARIABLE RESOURCES:
Resources which change with the level of production.
 FLOW RESOURCES:
Resources which cannot be stored & should be used as
& when they are available.
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Basic concepts
 STOCK RESOURCES : Stock resources are those which
facilitate for their storage , when they are no used in
production period.
 MONO-PERIOD RESOURCE : It is the resource which can
be used only once in production.
 POLY-PERIOD RESOURCE : It is the resource which is
used in production process over several periods.
 PRODUCTION FUNCTION: A systematic and
mathematical way of measuring the relationship among
different quantities of inputs or input services used in the
production of a commodity and corresponding quantities
of output is called production function.
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Basic concepts
 CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION FUNCTION :This
production function arise for those inputs which can
be divided into smaller doses. Continuous variables
can be known from measurement.
 DISCONTINUOUS OR DISCRETE PRODUCTION
FUNCTION : This production function arise for those
inputs or work units , which are used in whole number.
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Basic concepts
 EFFICIENCY : It means absence of wastage or using
resources as effectively as possible to satisfy the
farmer’s needs and goal.
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Basic concepts
 TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY : It is the ratio of output to
input.
 ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY : It is the expression of
technical efficiency in monetary value by attaching
prices.
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Basic concepts
 COST OF PRODUCTION : The expenditure incurred
in producing a unit quantity of output is called cost of
production.
 VARIABLE : Any quantity which can have different
values in the production process.
 INDENDENT VARIABLE: It is a variable whose value
does not depend on other variable .
 DEPENDENT VARIABLE : A variable that is governed
by another variable .
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Basic concepts
 CONSTANT : A quantity that does not change its value
in a general relation between variables.
 COEFFICIENT: when rate per unit is calculated, we use
the term coefficient, a multiplying factor.
 SLOPE : Slope of a line represents the rate of change in
one variable that occurs when another variable change.
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FEATURES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION VS
COMPARED TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
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FARMING A WAY OF LIFE
DEPENDENCE ON WEATHER
SEASONALITY OF PRODUCTION
PREISHABLE NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS
JOINT PRODUCTS
BULKINESS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
PROBLEMS OF STANDARDIZATION
TIME LAG IN PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS.
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CONT….
 LARGE PROPORTION OF LAND
 LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS
 NATURE OF DEMAND
 EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL
 PRODUCER’s SHARE IN CONSUMERL’s RUPEE
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Basic concepts
 SHORT RUN PRODUCTION FUNCTION: The
planning period during which one or more resource
are fixed.
 LONG RUN PRODUCTION FUNCTION: It is a
planning period during which all resources are varied
in quantity.
 ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY :It occurs when no
possible reorganization of production can make any
one better off without making some one else worse it.
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