Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: P. C. Meena and P. Kumar Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 128 ISBN: 9783847376866
Описание
Achieving food security and self-reliance have been the cherished goals of agricultural policy in India. The introduction and rapid spread of modern varieties have resulted in a steady growth in agricultural output. The innovation in technology is one of the most important factors affecting crop production. Total factor productivity is an important instrument to evaluate the performance of any production system, and it indicates whether production growth is taking place in a cost effective and sustainable manner. Sustainable growth necessitates faster growth in output as compared to that in input. This is possible only by shift in production function through technical change.The present study has been conducted with the following specific objectives:(i)to examine the behaviour of input-output prices,factor share and total factor productivity,(ii) to estimate the factor demand, output supply and consumer demand elasticity,(iii) to compute the marketed surplus elasticity with respect to...
