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Indian Agricultural Growth - Issues of
productivity, institutions and domestic
policies
Surabhi MittalSurabhi Mittal
ICRIER
Presented at Multi-country Research Dialogue of emerging economies organised by ICRIER and IDRC on April
12-13, 2010 at New Delhi.
Key Features
High concentration of population in agriculture
Declining contribution of agriculture to GDPDeclining contribution of agriculture to GDP
Agricultural output growth is highly volatile
Overall, marginalization of agriculture sector
Framework
Agricultural
Institutions
Agricultural
GrowthProductivity
Domestic
Policies
Productivity trends and sources of growth
• TFP growth show that the technological gains of early years of
GR have exhausted
• Diminishing returns to input use
• Crops show stagnant and negative growth in TFP
Trends
• Crops show stagnant and negative growth in TFP
• Research and Extension
• HYV’s
• Literacy
• Markets
• Electrification
• Irrigation
Sources of growth
Agricultural Institutions
• Land ceiling and
tenancy
structure is a
constraint to
adoption of
• Inspite of
government
initiatives, the
reach ability of
credit and
• Improved
extension with
involvement of
private sector
has helped in adoption of
technology and
increasing
productivity
Land
Reforms
credit and
insurance is not
satisfactory.
Credit and
Insurance
has helped in
increasing yields
and income.
Agriculture
Extension
Agricultural Policies
The inefficient price
support system act as
disincentive to producers
Food management
policies are catering to
only PDS and not able to
efficiently manage market
prices
Short term subsidization
is dearer to policy makers
than benefits from long
term investments in the
sector
Infrastructure Policies- Government Food
• Road
• Electrification
• Irrigation
• ITC
Government Food
security policies are
suffering from issues of
poor targeting and high
administrative costs
New seed technology is in
dilemma
Agriculture Market Policies- suffer from delayed
implementation and legislative issues
• Agricultural Produce Marketing Act
• Future trading
• Contract Framing
Answers are sought for?
Do we have the
technologies
Do we have the
political
Besides
government
what role can technologies
and policies to
motivate
increased
productivity?
political
willingness and
economic
environment to
do so?
what role can
other stake
holders play to
make the sector
grow?
Thank YouThank YouThank YouThank You