Estimation of resource use efficiency in clonal and seedling rootstocks of high-density apple in Himachal Pradesh

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2025-12-31

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https://doi.org/10.58993/ijh/2025.82.4.6

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HDP apple, clonal rootstock, seedling rootstock, resource use efficiency and returns to scale
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Vol. 82 No. 04 (2025): Indian Journal of Horticulture

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  • Shilpa Rani Department of Social Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173230, India
  • Subhash Sharma Department of Social Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173230, India
  • Anurita Kharayat Department of Social Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173230, India

Abstract

The present study has made an attempt to estimate the resource use efficiency of clonal rootstock and seedling rootstock of high density planting (HDP) apple by selecting 200 farmers from Mandi, Kullu and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh. The study revealed that all the explanatory variables considered together in clonal rootstock of apple explained about 90.20 percent to 92.80 percent of the total variations in gross returns in selected districts of Himachal Pradesh. In case of fertilizer cost variable fertilizer cost (X6), it had positive elasticity values in all the selected districts (0.17, 0.25 and 0.09) and was significant which meant that use of fertilizer had enhanced the production and quality of apple and finally the gross returns by 12 percent in overall. All the explanatory variables considered together in seedling rootstock explained about 92.90 percent to 93.60 percent of total variations in gross returns in selected districts of Himachal Pradesh. In case of fertilizer cost variable (X6), it had negative elasticity values in all selected districts (-0.11, -0.08 and -0.46) and was significant which meant that although the use of fertilizer had enhanced the production and quality of apple, but had negatively impacted the gross returns due to their higher costs and same scenario was followed in chemical cost variable pesticide cost (X7).

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Rani, S., Sharma, S., & Kharayat, A. (2025). Estimation of resource use efficiency in clonal and seedling rootstocks of high-density apple in Himachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 82(04), 421–426. https://doi.org/10.58993/ijh/2025.82.4.6

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