Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume 66 | Issue 1

Analysis of Total Factor Productivity of Pigeon Pea (Red Gram) in North-Eastern Karnataka, India

K. Suresh Jagrati B. Deshmanya
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.1.2021.22

Abstract:

The present paper explores the growth of total factor productivity of red gram crop in North-Eastern Karnataka. The cost of cultivation data of red gram crop for the period 1990-91 to 2012-13 was used for estimation of Total Factor Productivity. It was found that TFP of red gram crop has substantially increased in North Eastern Dry Zone and the mean TFP index recorded for the entire 23 year period was 1.92. TFP of red gram during the period has registered a growth rate of 5.14 percent per annum implying that change in output growth is due to the factors such as research, extension, soil types, rainfall and infrastructure facilities, etc. In the case of North-Eastern Transitional Zone, the TFP index registered fluctuations over 23 year period and there was no substantial growth in TFP. The total factor productivity estimate of red gram crop shows that there was significant growth in TFP in North-Eastern Dry Zone compared to North-Eastern Transitional Zone.

Highlights

  • The total factor productivity estimates of red gram crop indicate that there was substantial growth in TFP in North-Eastern Dry Zone compare to North-Eastern Transitional Zone of Karnataka.




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