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Regional Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Selected Areas of India
Author(s) -
Easter K. William,
Abel Martin E.,
Norton George
Publication year - 1977
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 - 10.2307/1240015
Subject(s) - agriculture , productivity , irrigation , agricultural economics , production (economics) , quality (philosophy) , crop productivity , agricultural productivity , agricultural engineering , crop , business , environmental science , economics , geography , agronomy , economic growth , forestry , engineering , philosophy , macroeconomics , archaeology , epistemology , biology
Production functions are used to measure the contribution to agricultural output of infrastructure and the quantity and quality of traditional inputs. Measuring the contributions of inputs over time together with an assessment of their supply provide insights into the direction that agricultural development efforts should take in two regions of India. In the wheat region, continued increases in the quantity and quality of irrigation and improved crop varieties are promising sources of output growth. For the rice region, the development of rural roads and markets, increases in irrigation quality, and improved rice varieties are important sources of output growth.