Year: 2016 | Month: September | Volume 61 | Issue 3
The changing scenario of technical efficiency in West Bengal agriculture: A district-wise analysis
DOI:10.5958/0976-4666.2016.00057.7
Abstract:
The present paper attempts to estimate average Technical Efficiency (TE) of major crops produced in districts of West Bengal. The TE measures are compared at three points of time―viz. 1990-91, 2000-01 and 2009-10. The methodology is to find an optimum solution to the Linear programming problem of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Most of the districts of the state are found to be efficient in agricultural production. The situation has gradually improved in 2009-10 compared to 2000-01. However, the improvement in TE for most of the districts has not been uniform at selected points of time. While the district of South 24-parganas recorded a continuous increase in average TE, Jalpaiguri lagged far behind in terms of efficiency improvement compared to other districts. Average production can be augmented in Jalpaiguri by almost 50% through efficient use of inputs.
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