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Agricultural Development In India Since Independence: A Study On Progress, Performance, And Determinants, Amarnath Tripathi, Anubhuti Ranjan Prasad Nov 2009

Agricultural Development In India Since Independence: A Study On Progress, Performance, And Determinants, Amarnath Tripathi, Anubhuti Ranjan Prasad

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Considering the importance of agriculture for overall economic development, the present paper evaluates performance and progress of Indian Agriculture since Independence. In addition, the paper also analyzes sources of agricultural growth, Instability in Indian Agriculture and determinants of agricultural production. We use the decomposition test to analyze sources of agricultural growth and the production function approach to analyze determinants of agricultural production over the period 1950/51 through 2005/06 while use Cuddy-De-Vella Index for examine instability in Indian agriculture. The study indicates that there is scope to increase both net sown area and gross sown area. The decomposition analysis indicates that …