A study on impact of agricultural inputs on agricultural production in Haryana
Loading...
Date
2010
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
CCSHAU
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the impact of inputs on agricultural production by estimating the
trends in input use, area, production and productivity of major crops of the state and the impact of the
inputs on Agricultural Gross Domestic Product (AGDP). The study is carried out on the secondary data
obtained from the Statistical Abstracts of Haryana, published by the Department of Economics and
Statistical Organization, Government of Haryana, Chandigarh for a period of twenty years from
1988-89 to 2007-08.The period of twenty years is divided into three period, period-I of first 10 years
from 1988-89 to 1997-98, period-II of later 10 years from 1998-99 to 2007-08 and an overall period of
20 years from 1988-89 to 2007-08. The trends were analyzed by calculating both simple and compound
growth rates and for estimating the impact regression analysis by linear and Cobb- Douglas method of
production function was carried out.
The results of the study reveal that almost all inputs use viz. irrigation, area under HYV’s,
fertilizers, tubewells and pumpsets, credit, tractors and budget on agriculture by government has
increased during the study period. The use of pesticide however has decreased over the years. When we
take the area under major crops into consideration the area under rice, wheat, total cereals, total
foodgrains, oilseeds, sugarcane and cotton has increased while that of jowar, bajra, maize, barley, gram
and pulses has decreased. The growth rates in terms of yield are positive for most of the crops except
for jowar, gram and oilseeds. Crops viz. rice, wheat, bajra, total cereals, total foodgrains, oilseeds,
sugarcane and cotton have positive growth in production but crops jowar, barley, gram and pulses have
negative growth. The linear regression analysis reveals the significance of pesticides and tubewells and
pumpsets on AGDP while that of Cobb- Douglas type of analysis shows the significance of only
tubewells and pumpsets on AGDP. The impact of pesticides is negative while that of tubewell and
pumpsets is positive.
Description
Keywords
Biological development, Productivity, Area, Crops, Fertilizers, Yields, Irrigation, Wheats, Rice, Credit