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Efficiency of Resource Allocation in Indian Agriculture
Author(s) -
Sahota Gian S.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238261
Subject(s) - agriculture , resource allocation , production (economics) , productivity , marginal product , resource productivity , resource (disambiguation) , agricultural productivity , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , economics , business , geography , computer science , microeconomics , economic growth , computer network , archaeology , market economy
This study presents an analysis of resource allocation in Indian agriculture. Production functions are fitted to pooled data. Average and marginal productivity differences are derived for a number of inputs in the production of different crops, across different regions, and over various farm sizes. The results, on the whole, do not lead to the rejection of the hypothesis that there are comparatively few inefficiencies in resource allocation in Indian agriculture.