• Karunakaran N and Gangadharan K, ”Growth of Output of Principal Crops in Kerala: A Decomposition Analysis”, Middle–East Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 17, No. 8, pp: 1087-1097 (original) (raw)

Agriculture productivity trends in tamilnadu based on Major crops

Journal of Management and Science, 2017

This research paper attempts to enhance the agricultural productivity trends of major crop yields in Tamilnadu. The state is one of the most urbanized and industrialized states in India. About 60 percent of the total population is directly engaged in agriculture and depends on this sector for their livelihood. Hence growth in agriculture is important not only to ensure food security but also for high living standards of the population. The secondary sources of database were collected from the Department of Economics and Statistics, for a period of ten years from 2002-03 to 2011-12. The data has been analyzed using statistical techniques. The findings reveal that there is some significant difference among the crop yield. The compound growth rate of yield for the selected crops inTamilnadu state were estimated for the study period using growth model.

Agricultural economy of Kerala in the post-seventies : stagnation of cycles?

1990

One of t h e ways of thinking current in social sciences in general and economics in p a r t i c u l a r is to equate analysis with statistical analysis. A n offshoot of such a way of thinking is to go in for sophistication in technics f o r 'better' analysis ignoring t h e whole question of t h e appropriateness of such technics to the particular problem at hand. With the work machines becoming increasingly user-friendly the danger of getting lost in the maze of technics is increasing, The gaper is an illustratian of such a case rhere the specific problem taken up is the analysis of agricultural production in Kerala. The approach of t h e paper is constructive and hence the critique of the existing method is only implicit.

A Stagnant Agriculture in Kerala: The Role of the State

Given the significant decline in agricultural production in Kerala in the last few decades, this paper elucidates how government policies and protective practices have created distortions in the agricultural market, hampering the growth of agriculture in the state. The distortions in the input market, namely, land, irrigation and the agricultural credit system as well as in the output market, namely, price and procurement, created by the restrictive policies and practices are discussed in this paper. The paper shows that disincentives generated by the successive governments in Kerala through imposing artificial barriers on the freedom of farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs resulted in the collapse of agriculture in the state. This study was conducted by Lekshmi R Nair, Centre Manager, CPPR-Centre for Comparative Studies and D Dhanuraj, Chairman, Centre for Public Policy Research.

Analysis of Trends in India's Agricultural Growth

2011

applied areas of the social sciences, encompassing diverse aspects of development. ISEC works with central, state and local governments as well as international agencies by undertaking systematic studies of resource potential, identifying factors influencing growth and examining measures for reducing poverty. The thrust areas of research include state and local economic policies, issues relating to sociological and demographic transition, environmental issues and fiscal, administrative and political decentralization and governance. It pursues fruitful contacts with other institutions and scholars devoted to social science research through collaborative research programmes, seminars, etc.

Propellers of Agricultural Productivity in India

India’s decelerating wheat- and rice-yield growth rates have led to questions of whether India’s agricultural sector will be able to meet future food demands. To explore this issue, ERS researchers measure sector-level agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth and evaluate how public policies affected TFP from 1980 to 2008. During this period, substantial regional differences in TFP growth emerged: the Indian West and South achieved faster TFP growth than the rest of the country, largely due to rapid growth in horticulture and animal products. Of the policies hypothesized to stimulate TFP, India’s public agricultural research and higher education programs had the greatest effect on TFP growth, followed by public investments in irrigation infrastructure. These effects propelled TFP in Northern and Western India more than in the rest of the country. Groundwater irrigation from wells accelerated TFP more than surface-water irrigation from canals. Other drivers of TFP growth included research investments of international institutions and an emerging private sector. Public investment in rural education has had mixed effects, depending on education levels. These findings support an optimistic view that Indian agriculture will be able to meet the broadening spectrum of future food demands. Critical to that optimism, though, is continued innovation from public and private research systems, especially in seed development, and from irrigation and high-value-commodity production technologies.

An Evaluation of the Structural Change of the Agrarian Sector in Kerala

2023

The study made an effort to look into Kerala's agricultural development patterns, growth performance, and structural changes. In Kerala, commercial cash crops like rubber and coconut replaced food crops including lentils, rice, tapioca, cashew nuts, and ginger, causing a shift in the cropping pattern in favour of non-food crops at the expense of food crops. Agriculture has become more vulnerable as a result of the shrinking cultivable area, the predominance of small and dispersed holdings, the fall in agricultural labour, and cultivator use. Methodology: The methodology used in this study is Descriptive Research, which is mainly concerned with secondary data sources. Books, newspapers, journals, articles, and government websites are used to gather secondary data. The information has been collected by using the keywords-sectoral wise changes, structural transformation, agricultural development, commercial agriculture, and agribusinesses. The required articles were obtained by electronic search and manually screened. Originality: The significance of the current study rests in the fact that the preceding studies have not yet addressed the entire structural transformation of Kerala's agrarian sector in a thorough and comprehensive manner, making it necessary. Value: By examining the productivity of the sector, the study will aid in determining the change in trends of agriculture scenario in Kerala and the problems of agriculture sector in Kerala. Findings: The study discovered that while the employment share of the primary sector has not decreased in pace with the substantial reduction in its part of the GSDP. Furthermore, there has been only a little increase in the percentage of income from the secondary sector in the GSDP due to the excess labour force moving from the primary to the secondary sectors, which has led to abundance in the latter. In Kerala, the changes in land use patterns over the past few decades were unparalleled in terms of deforestation, growth in current fallow land, expansion of non-agricultural land, and decreases in net sowing and gross crop area, which led to a drop in cropping intensity.

Trend and Growth Rate Estimation of Principal Crops in Karnataka State in India

International Journal of Plant and Soil Science, 2022

The study undertaken to analyse the growth rate performance of area, production, productivity of selected crops in Karnataka from year 1997 to 2019. At state level, it was found that, the productivity of cereals showed positive growth with 1.22 percent. The area under maize increased by 5.30 percent by displacing Jowar, Bajra, minor millets. The rice and maize became stable crops in cultivation due its assured support prices and procurement from government. The production of pulses increased by 4.17 percent. The area under oil seeds showed negative trend with-5.87 percent which may be due to its high cost of production and unremunerative prices where as the commercial crops has recorded positive growth rates of production (2.69 percent) and productivity (2.43 percent) despite of its 0.24 percent area growth. The farmers prioritised sugarcane, cotton because of less labour requirements, good market prices. The Technology mission on oilseeds and Pulses in post 1990's could be reason for increased production and productivity of pulses.

A Study of the India’s Agriculture Sector: Issues, Prosects and Performance

Economist believes that Indian Agriculture sector achieved its growth upto remarkable level in last few decadess in the terms of Production, Output Growth etc. However there are various commodities in agriculture and allied sector which makes India Major producer in world market such as sugarcane, cotton, wheat, rice, spices, poultry farming, fisheries, livestock, milk, jute, pulses etc. The data of 12th five year plan shows that the target for the growth of agriculture and allied sector was 4.0 per cent annully and the actual achievement was 3.6 per cent annually in the GDP. Although data shows that agriculture and allied sector did not acheved its target which was 4.0 per cent but in case of production, it achieved a remarkable growth rate as compare to the ratio of population. World trade data shows that in a critical condition where other countries was facing slow down in agriculture sector India still has its positive growth in the export of its agriculture and allied sector commodieties. This paper is based on the secondary data which aims to analyse the pattern of growth of agriculuture and allied sector in India. Data have been collected from various government agencies, ministries, RBI etc.