A comparative study of farmers perspective on organic and conventional farming in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Abstract:

Organic farming was introduced in the early 20th century as an alternative to conventional agriculture. Since its initiation, more than 0.83 million productions have been recorded in India. The Asian region recorded approximately 4.9 million hectares, and India holds the first position among the total organic producers with 13.5%. The thumb rule of organic farming is that farmers do not have the option to use chemical fertilizers and pesticide while conversion. The main objectives of this study were to determine the farmers perspectives in the context of the cost of cultivation and farm income for organic farming in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh. This study was carried out in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to extract primary data from 350 farmers. A paired t-test used to examine whether there is a significant difference in income between organic and conventional farmers. The p-value obtained 0.998, which is much higher than the commonly accepted significance level of 0.05. The study concludes that organic farming practices were comparatively low in the study area.