Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs

This article attempts to determine the long-term productivity and sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs by measuring trends in total factor productivity for production systems in both states since the advent of...

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Main Authors: Murgai, Rinku, Ali, Mubarik, Byerlee, Derek
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17591984/productivity-growth-sustainability-post-green-revolution-agriculture-case-indian-pakistan-punjabs
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topic AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH EVALUATION
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURE
ANIMALS
AVERAGE YIELDS
CANAL IRRIGATION
CEREAL CROP
CEREALS
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CONSERVATION TILLAGE
COTTON
COTTON YIELDS
COTTON ZONE
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP VARIETIES
CROP YIELD
CROP YIELD INCREASES
CROP YIELDS
CROPPING
CROPPING INTENSITY
CROPPING PATTERNS
CROPPING SYSTEM
CROPPING SYSTEMS
CROPS
CULTIVATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOUBLE CROPPING
DRAINAGE
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXTENSION
EXTERNALITIES
FARM
FARMERS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES
FERTILIZER SUBSIDY
FERTILIZER USE
FERTILIZERS
FISHERIES
FIXED INPUTS
FOOD GRAINS
FOOD MARKETING
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICES
FOOD SECURITY
FRUITS
GRAIN
GRAIN PRICES
GRAIN YIELDS
GREEN REVOLUTION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROUNDWATER
GROWTH RATE
HARVEST
HARVESTERS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INDEX NUMBERS
INEFFICIENCY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IRRIGATION
LEGUMES
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
MAIZE
MARKETING
MULTIPLE CROPPING
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NONFOOD CROPS
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
OILSEEDS
ORGANIC MATTER
OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDE USE
PESTICIDES
PLANTING
POLLUTION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIORITY SETTING
PRODUCE
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION SYSTEM
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOOD
RESEARCH SYSTEMS
RICE
RICE PRODUCTION
RICE RESEARCH
RICE VARIETIES
RICE YIELDS
RISK AVERSION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SALINIZATION
SEED
SMALL FARMERS
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL QUALITY
SOILS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
SUGARCANE
SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPORARY EQUILIBRIUM
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
VEGETABLE RESEARCH
VEGETABLES
WATER RESOURCES
WATERLOGGED SOILS
WHEAT
WHEAT VARIETIES
WHEAT YIELDS
WINTER CROPS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH EVALUATION
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURE
ANIMALS
AVERAGE YIELDS
CANAL IRRIGATION
CEREAL CROP
CEREALS
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CONSERVATION TILLAGE
COTTON
COTTON YIELDS
COTTON ZONE
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP VARIETIES
CROP YIELD
CROP YIELD INCREASES
CROP YIELDS
CROPPING
CROPPING INTENSITY
CROPPING PATTERNS
CROPPING SYSTEM
CROPPING SYSTEMS
CROPS
CULTIVATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOUBLE CROPPING
DRAINAGE
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXTENSION
EXTERNALITIES
FARM
FARMERS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES
FERTILIZER SUBSIDY
FERTILIZER USE
FERTILIZERS
FISHERIES
FIXED INPUTS
FOOD GRAINS
FOOD MARKETING
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICES
FOOD SECURITY
FRUITS
GRAIN
GRAIN PRICES
GRAIN YIELDS
GREEN REVOLUTION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROUNDWATER
GROWTH RATE
HARVEST
HARVESTERS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INDEX NUMBERS
INEFFICIENCY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IRRIGATION
LEGUMES
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
MAIZE
MARKETING
MULTIPLE CROPPING
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NONFOOD CROPS
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
OILSEEDS
ORGANIC MATTER
OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDE USE
PESTICIDES
PLANTING
POLLUTION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIORITY SETTING
PRODUCE
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION SYSTEM
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOOD
RESEARCH SYSTEMS
RICE
RICE PRODUCTION
RICE RESEARCH
RICE VARIETIES
RICE YIELDS
RISK AVERSION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SALINIZATION
SEED
SMALL FARMERS
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL QUALITY
SOILS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
SUGARCANE
SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPORARY EQUILIBRIUM
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
VEGETABLE RESEARCH
VEGETABLES
WATER RESOURCES
WATERLOGGED SOILS
WHEAT
WHEAT VARIETIES
WHEAT YIELDS
WINTER CROPS
Murgai, Rinku
Ali, Mubarik
Byerlee, Derek
Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs
geographic_facet South Asia
India
Pakistan
description This article attempts to determine the long-term productivity and sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs by measuring trends in total factor productivity for production systems in both states since the advent of the green revolution. These measurements over time and across systems have resulted in three major findings. First, there were wide spatial and temporal variations between the two Punjabs. Although output growth and crop yields were much higher in the Indian Punjab, productivity growth was higher by only a small margin. Moreover, the lowest growth in productivity took place during the initial green revolution period and in the wheat-rice system in both states. The time lag between adoption of green revolution technologies and realization of productivity gains is related to learning induced efficiency gains, better utilization of capital investments over time, and problems with the standard methods of productivity measurement that downwardly bias estimate, particularly during the green revolution period. Second, input growth accounted for most of the output growth in both Punjabs during the period under study. Third, intensification, especially in the wheat-rice system, resulted in resource degradation in both Punjabs. Data from Pakistan show that resource degradation reduced overall productivity growth from technical change and from education and infrastructure investment by one-third.
format Journal Article
author Murgai, Rinku
Ali, Mubarik
Byerlee, Derek
author_facet Murgai, Rinku
Ali, Mubarik
Byerlee, Derek
author_sort Murgai, Rinku
title Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs
title_short Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs
title_full Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs
title_fullStr Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs
title_full_unstemmed Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs
title_sort productivity growth and sustainability in post-green revolution agriculture : the case of the indian and pakistan punjabs
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17591984/productivity-growth-sustainability-post-green-revolution-agriculture-case-indian-pakistan-punjabs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17123
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spelling okr-10986-171232021-04-23T14:03:29Z Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture : The Case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs Murgai, Rinku Ali, Mubarik Byerlee, Derek AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH EVALUATION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE ANIMALS AVERAGE YIELDS CANAL IRRIGATION CEREAL CROP CEREALS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CONSERVATION TILLAGE COTTON COTTON YIELDS COTTON ZONE CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP VARIETIES CROP YIELD CROP YIELD INCREASES CROP YIELDS CROPPING CROPPING INTENSITY CROPPING PATTERNS CROPPING SYSTEM CROPPING SYSTEMS CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOUBLE CROPPING DRAINAGE ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMICS RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXTENSION EXTERNALITIES FARM FARMERS FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER SUBSIDY FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS FISHERIES FIXED INPUTS FOOD GRAINS FOOD MARKETING FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FRUITS GRAIN GRAIN PRICES GRAIN YIELDS GREEN REVOLUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUNDWATER GROWTH RATE HARVEST HARVESTERS HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX NUMBERS INEFFICIENCY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LEGUMES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY MAIZE MARKETING MULTIPLE CROPPING NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NONFOOD CROPS NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT OILSEEDS ORGANIC MATTER OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES PESTICIDE PESTICIDE USE PESTICIDES PLANTING POLLUTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIORITY SETTING PRODUCE PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION SYSTEM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC GOOD RESEARCH SYSTEMS RICE RICE PRODUCTION RICE RESEARCH RICE VARIETIES RICE YIELDS RISK AVERSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SALINIZATION SEED SMALL FARMERS SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SOILS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPORARY EQUILIBRIUM TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VEGETABLE RESEARCH VEGETABLES WATER RESOURCES WATERLOGGED SOILS WHEAT WHEAT VARIETIES WHEAT YIELDS WINTER CROPS This article attempts to determine the long-term productivity and sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs by measuring trends in total factor productivity for production systems in both states since the advent of the green revolution. These measurements over time and across systems have resulted in three major findings. First, there were wide spatial and temporal variations between the two Punjabs. Although output growth and crop yields were much higher in the Indian Punjab, productivity growth was higher by only a small margin. Moreover, the lowest growth in productivity took place during the initial green revolution period and in the wheat-rice system in both states. The time lag between adoption of green revolution technologies and realization of productivity gains is related to learning induced efficiency gains, better utilization of capital investments over time, and problems with the standard methods of productivity measurement that downwardly bias estimate, particularly during the green revolution period. Second, input growth accounted for most of the output growth in both Punjabs during the period under study. Third, intensification, especially in the wheat-rice system, resulted in resource degradation in both Punjabs. Data from Pakistan show that resource degradation reduced overall productivity growth from technical change and from education and infrastructure investment by one-third. 2014-02-20T21:17:32Z 2014-02-20T21:17:32Z 2001-10 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17591984/productivity-growth-sustainability-post-green-revolution-agriculture-case-indian-pakistan-punjabs World Bank Research Observer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17123 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Publications & Research South Asia India Pakistan