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Agrarian Structure, Adoption of Technologies and Agricultural Productivity in Eastern India

Adoption of agricultural technologies. Agrarian Structure, Adoption of Technologies and Agricultural Productivity in Eastern India. Anjani Kumar, K M Singh, M K Sinha, Usha Rani Ahuja, Rajni Jain and P Shinoj. Outline. Agrarian structure Evidence on adoption of technologies

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Agrarian Structure, Adoption of Technologies and Agricultural Productivity in Eastern India

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  1. Adoption of agricultural technologies Agrarian Structure, Adoption of Technologies and Agricultural Productivity in Eastern India Anjani Kumar, K M Singh, M K Sinha, Usha Rani Ahuja, Rajni Jain and P Shinoj

  2. Outline • Agrarian structure • Evidence on adoption of technologies • Adoption and Productivity • Factors affecting adoption • Theoretical framework • Some evidence • Conclusions and policy implications

  3. Agrarian structure-macro trends

  4. Increasing predominance of smallholders

  5. Agrarian structure: Evidence from field

  6. Fragmentation of holdings

  7. Incidence of tenancy

  8. Incidence of tenancy

  9. Incidence of tenancy

  10. Incidence of tenancy

  11. Adoption of agricultural technologies Agricultural Statistics at a Glance, various years.

  12. Fertilizer use per ha of NSA in Eastern India

  13. Share of irrigated area in total area under cultivation in Eastern India

  14. Share of HYVs in cropped area (%)

  15. % households using different inputs

  16. Adoption and productivity

  17. Adoption analysis • Characteristics of technologies • Yield enhancing • Risk reducing • Improving quality • Reducing cost of production • Reducing externalities • Factors for adoption of technologies • Input and output markets • Land markets • Labour market • Insurance/means for risk reduction • Credit markets • Efficiency in flow of information • Externalities

  18. Adoption analysis • Constraints in access to technologies • Constraints in adoption of technologies • Impact of adoption of technologies • Productivity • Income • Poverty • Food security • Nutrition security • Equity (class/region)

  19. Analysis for determinants of adoption Farmer characteristics Farm assets/resources Institutional factors Extension Bio-physical factors Farmers’ behaviour

  20. Analysis for adoption • Models • Probit/logit • Tobit • Double-hurdle model • For impact of adoption • Partial equilibrium models • Randomized control treatment • Propensity Score Matching • Difference in difference models

  21. Thank you

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