golden opportunity to change the face of UP's agriculture and thus the fate of millions that depend on it. UP with a … engaged in agriculture; average holding size was just 0.76 ha with 92 percent of holdings being small and marginal; and 29 …

performance was even more commendable, with an average annual growth rate of 7.1 per cent. However, agriculture productivity of …. Agriculture growth was around 4.7 per cent, which was above the national average of 3.6 per cent and in the latest five years, its … in yield augmenting inputs such as fertilisers, certified seeds, tube wells and farm machines. Bihar's agriculture has …

clearly reveal that it is imperative to accelerate agricultural productivity growth. This paper estimates micro …-level production models to identify the major factors that have contributed to productivity growth in El Salvador, including irrigation … estimation of these models are used to calculate Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change and to decompose such change into …

This paper shows that using yields may not be informative of the relationship between farm size and productivity in the … context of small-scale farming. This occurs because, in addition to productivity, yields pick up size-dependent market … distortions and decreasing returns to scale. As a result, a positive relationship between farm productivity and land size may turn …

agriculture. During the five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15, the contribution of agriculture to the state GDP recorded an annual … average growth of a mere 0.9 per cent. This paper studies the composition, sources and potential drivers of agriculture growth …

services. Due to the slower growth, returns to factors of production (e.g. labor and capital) employed in agriculture are much … countries should pay more attention to agricultural sector growth (productivity) within their poverty reduction …

influence of the mix of expenditures related to agriculture on net income generation, using data for 19 Latin American and … positively impacts agriculture's performance. More importantly, and of greater practical economic significance, increasing the …