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An economic analysis of total factor productivity in Haryana agriculture

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Title An economic analysis of total factor productivity in Haryana agriculture
 
Creator K.S, Akhlesh
 
Contributor Grover, R.K
 
Subject productivity, area, Biological development, Crops, Irrigation, Land management, Economics, Fertilizers, Land resources, Economic indicators
 
Description Agriculture occupies a predominant position in the Haryana state economy. The factor productivity of
crop sector had started showing a sign of decrease after post green revolution period. The present study was planned
to analyze performance of agriculture in Haryana by measuring TFP indices of major crops. For this analysis
secondary data is collected from various published sources to study trends in parameters of agricultural development
and their contribution to the total factor productivity.
During the study period (1980-2008) the annual compound growth rate of tractors and pump sets were 6.64
per cent and 2.52 per cent per annum respectively. This shows the clear sign of increasing farm mechanization in the
state which in turn played a great role in boosting farm production. The financial institutions like scheduled
commercial banks and cooperative societies also recorded a growth of 2.22 per cent and 5.77 per cent per annum.
This was achieved due to government policies to increase farm sector financing and RBI licensing policy regarding
opening of bank branches and increasing business opportunities in the state. On the side of land use pattern the land
put for non agricultural use increase at 1.85 per cent per annum. This was due to speedy urbanization, increasing
population density, setting up industries near NCR, Delhi region and migration of labors from other parts of the
country. This led to the decrease in agricultural land. The gross cropped area and net cropped area also increased
during the study period because of the increase in the irrigated area in the state which in turn increased the cropping
intensity. The chemical fertilizer consumption increased at 6.14 per cent per annum which was due to the
introduction of HYV’s and intensive agricultural practices in the irrigated region of the state. The net and Gross
irrigated area increased at 1.32 and 2.08 per cent per annum respectively. The rice and wheat had shown an
impressive increase in their area with growth rate of 3.39 and 1.66 per cent per annum. The increase in area of rice
was due decrease in area of coarse cereals (bajra and barley) and the increase in wheat was due to shifting from
cultivation of pulses (gram and lentil) and mustard. The production of rice and wheat increased by 7.09 and 3.83 per
cent per annum during the study period.
The TFP of all major crops started showing declining trend during the study period (1980-2003). Cropwise
analysis of TFP indicated, the growth in TII and TOI was 1.90 and 1.76 per cent per annum for rice, hence TFP
growth was negative 0.12 per cent per annum for the period under study. For wheat the TII and TOI was 1.90 and
1.94 per cent per annum, with TFP growth rate at 0.09 per cent per annum. With respect to sugarcane the TII and
TOI was 2.27 and 2.03 per cent per annum, inturn led to negative TFP of 0.38 per cent per annum. The TII and TOI
of mustard was 2.01 and 1.54 per cent per annum, the TFP of mustard showed negative growth rate 0.55 per cent per
annum. The influence of identified variables on productivity of all crops together for the state was estimated by
using Cobb-Douglas production function. Examining elasticity of TFP with respect to the associated factors revealed
that fertilizer, tractor, pump sets, area under HYV, net irrigated area etc, were the major factors of TFP growth. The
main determinants of TFP growth had been found to be use of modern inputs in agriculture. The modern inputs like
irrigation, area under HYV and infrastructure facility had successfully raised TFP in agriculture.
 
Date 2016-10-28T11:00:36Z
2016-10-28T11:00:36Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/82683
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU