2. Farm Productivity is an overall measure of
the ability of a farm to produce a
agricultural product. More specifically,
productivity is the measure of how
specified resources are managed to
accomplish timely objectives as stated in
terms of quantity and quality of product.
3. Productivity of Indian Agriculture
India with its sizable agricultural sector has
to face a number of problems. Low
production and low productivity are at the
core of agricultural problem In India. The
productivity of agriculture is relatively low in
India compared to other countries with
comparable natural environment. There
have been some improvements in recent
years.
4. Measures to improve agricultural productivity
Irrigation potential
• It has been increased through public funding & assisting
farmers to create potential on their own farms. The total
irrigation potential in the country has increased from 81.1
million hectares to 102.8 million hectares
• only 73.5 % irrigation potential has been created out of
which 87.2 million hectares(84.9 %) is actually utilized.
The scope of expanding irrigation through large &
medium scale project has yet to be fully exploited.
5. Exploiting production potential :
• To achieve expected level of productivity, farmer must be
guided by experts in respect of soil & water analysis for
adopting the best diversified cropping system ,meticulous
adoption of technology (when & how), judicious use of
seeds,fertilisers,pesticides,water,labour & credit.
• supply of inputs must be of standard quality, reasonable
priced & timely available. There is need to establish farm
inputs & equipment regulatory & development authority.
6. Rural infrastructure for farm
growth:
• there is a positive correlation between infrastructure
development & aggregate agricultural productivity.
• rural infrastructure as irrigation water shed
development, rural electrification ,roads,markets,credit
institution rural literacy ,agriculture research & extension
etc together plays key role in determining output in
India.
7. Capital formation in agriculture:
• Productivity in agriculture is also dependent on capital
formation both from public & private sectors.
• Gross capital formation in agriculture relative to GDP in
this sector has shown an improvement from 9.6% in 2 to
12.5% but it should be raised to 14 % to achieve a
growth of in this sector.
8. Crop Insurance
• Productivity in agriculture also depends on various
external factors like monsoons ,pests ,diseases ,drought
& other natural calamities .So crops need to be covered
under insurance to provide financial support to farmers.
• For this we have NATIONAL AGRICULTURE
INSURANCE SCHEME.
9. BETTER QUALITY SEEDS:
• The seed should have the characteristic like better grain
quality, resistance to pests & diseases & suitability
to the agro-climatic conditions & quality of high rate of
germination & high yielding.
• So we have National Seed Policy 2002 provides the
framework for growth of the seed sector.
11. LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS
For example, the use of fertilizer improves
crop production on farms but at some point,
adding more and more fertilizer improves the
yield less per unit of fertilizer, and excessive
quantities can even reduce the yield
