Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 Dear Prabhu Regarding the costs of tractor ploughing in mayapur land. Does that figure take into account purchase price, maintenance, loss of value etc. Is the cost of tractors subsidised in some way? If the figures are a true comparison then what is the plan to give the oxen back their value. Is it possible for the mayapur management to buy into ox power by paying more for their food if produced from oxen. I remember in mayapur this year the goshalla manager informed me that they were breeding 60 cows per year and as you know this means over 20 years there will probably be about 600 male oxen of which about 400 will be workeable. How does mayapur plan to utilise all these oxen if the land is being farmed by tractors?. How much difference in the price of rice would there be if the food is produced by tractors or produced by working oxen. Has such an analysis been done. In the UK I have done some simple comparisons and I figure that conventional wheat grain which ordinarily sells at 85 pounds sterling per tonne would have to be valued at 300 pounds sterling per tonne to give an incentive to grow it with oxen. At the moment organic wheat grain sells for about 200 pounds per tonne. ys syam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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