Factors Influencing Yield Rate in West Bengal Agriculture: A Panel Data Approach

In West Bengal Economy, the role of agriculture is still very important. This paper shows that in most of the districts of West Bengal, the agricultural productivity or yield rate of different food and cash crops have increased since 2000-01. Using panel data fixed effect regression technique, it is...

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Published inProductivity (New Delhi) Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 204 - 213
Main Authors KUNDU, AMIT, GOSWAMY, PUBALI
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Prints Publications Pvt. Ltd 30.08.2019
Subjects
Agricultural economics
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Cereals
Consumption
Crops
Economic growth
Economic reform
Fertilizers
Food
Growth rate
Handbooks
Irrigation
Longitudinal studies
Oilseeds
Politics
Population
Rural areas
Seeds
Studies
West Bengal India
India
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Summary:In West Bengal Economy, the role of agriculture is still very important. This paper shows that in most of the districts of West Bengal, the agricultural productivity or yield rate of different food and cash crops have increased since 2000-01. Using panel data fixed effect regression technique, it is proved that average harvest price of the previous year, average rainfall and average money wage rate of the agricultural labourers play a positive role behind this improvement of average yield rate in agricultural production. Positive relationship between average yield rate of agricultural production and average agricultural wage establishes consumption efficiency relationship.
ISSN:0032-9924
0976-3902
DOI:10.32381/PROD.2019.60.02.9