Resource Use Efficiency in Irrigated Crops in Sub-Mountainous Punjab Kaur Manjeet, Singh Kashmir, Sekhon M.K. Department of Economics and Sociology, PAU, Ludhiana-141001 JEL Clossificatlon: Q12, Q15 Online published on 16 September, 2014. Abstract The present study examined the cropping pattern and resource use efficiency of crops Irrigated by Govt, tubewells in sub-mountainous Punjab. A sample of 120 formers consisting of 77 small. 29 medium and 14 large formers were selected using three stage random sampling technique. Sixty formers were selected each from lower and upper catchment. Dota were collected for the period 2009–10. About 87 percent area was irrigated mainly by Govt. tube-wells and five to seven percent area was irrigated by electric motors/diesel engine. Similar cropping pattern was followed by all form size categories. Wheat being major robi crop followed by fodder and maize in kharif season followed by kharif fodder. Paddy occupied about four percent of area, grown by off categories of formers. The resource use efficiency was estimated for wheat, maize, paddy and all crops. Cobb-Douglas production function was used. The coefficients of human labour and fertilizers were significant In all the regression demanding more use of these inputs to increase yield, the coefficient of plant protection chemicals was significant in paddy, the coefficient of irrigation was positive in wheat, paddy and all crops but non-significant; it is unexpected to be negative in maize. The coefficient of dummy variable was significant showing differential in yield in upper (lower) and lower catchment (higher), the coefficient of operational holding was negative and significant indicating inverse relationship between form size and productivity. Top Keywords Govt. tubewells, sub-mountainous Punjab, resource-use efficiency, Cobb Douglas Production Function. Top |