Republic of India : Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth

In the past 50 years, Indian agriculture has undergone a major transformation, from dependence on food aid to becoming a consistent net food exporter. The gradual reforms in the agricultural sector (following the broader macro-reforms of the early...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Economic & Sector Work
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACTUAL YIELDS ADAPTIVE RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS AGRICULTURAL ISSUES AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES AGRICULTURAL VALUE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGROPROCESSING ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY ANIMAL BREEDING ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMALS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AVERAGE YIELDS BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAPITAL FORMATION CASH CROPS CATTLE CEREAL CROPS CEREAL TRADE CEREAL YIELDS CEREALS CERTIFIED PRODUCTS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITIES COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONTRACT FARMING COTTON COTTON SECTOR CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP TYPE CROP YIELDS CROPS CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES DAIRY DAIRY INDUSTRY DAIRY SURPLUS DECISION MAKING DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIMINISHING RETURNS DISEASES DISTORTED INCENTIVES DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC MARKETS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMICS EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ETHICS EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAO FARM FARM DIVERSIFICATION FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EQUIPMENT FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM POPULATION FARM PRICES FARM SIZE FARMERS FARMING FARMS FEED FOOD GRAINS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FRUITS GATES GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GRAIN GREEN REVOLUTION GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH RATE HARVEST HORTICULTURAL CROPS HOUSEHOLDS ICRISAT IFPRI IMPORTS INDIAN COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INEFFICIENCY INPUT USE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK FARMING LIVESTOCK FARMING SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVESTOCK SUPPORT LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS MAIZE MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS MEAT MEAT INDUSTRY MILK MILK PRODUCTION MILK YIELD MUTTON NATIONAL RESEARCH NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRIENT USE OILSEEDS PESTS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY PORK POTENTIAL YIELDS POULTRY POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE INCREASES PRIVATE GOODS PRODUCE MARKETS PRODUCER INCENTIVES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION SYSTEM PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY STANDARDS RAW MATERIAL REAL WAGES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RICE RICE RESEARCH RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL ROADS SEEDS SILOS SMALL RUMINANTS SOIL EROSION SOILS SOYBEANS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TERMS OF TRADE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TRADE POLICY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS UNITED NATIONS URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED VEGETABLES VOLUME WAGES WATERSHED WEATHER PATTERNS WHEAT WHEAT RESEARCH WHEAT YIELDS WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/23789323/india-accelerating-agricultural-productivity-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21419

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Summary:	In the past 50 years, Indian agriculture has undergone a major transformation, from dependence on food aid to becoming a consistent net food exporter. The gradual reforms in the agricultural sector (following the broader macro-reforms of the early 1990s) spurred some unprecedented innovations and changes in the food sector driven by private investment. These impressive achievements must now be viewed in light of the policy and investment imperatives that lie ahead. Agricultural growth has improved in recent years (averaging about 3.5 percent since 2004-05), but at a long-term trend rate of growth of 3 percent, agriculture has underperformed relative to its potential. The pockets of post-reform dynamism that have emerged evidently have not reached a sufficiently large scale to influence the sector's performance. For the vast population that still derives a living directly or indirectly from agriculture, achieving "faster, more inclusive, and sustainable growth', the objectives at the heart of the Twelfth five year plan, depends critically on simultaneous efforts to improve agriculture's performance and develop new sources of employment for the disproportionately large share of the labor force still on the farm. The scope of this study is broad in the sense that it marshals considerable empirical evidence and analyses to address those issues. Yet the scope is restricted in the sense that the study does not address all of the issues. A wealth of knowledge exists (and continuing analytical work proceeds) on other major strategic issues, water and irrigation management, food grain management, and public expenditures on agriculture, for example, and the findings of this study must be seen in that context. The lack of sufficient quality data, and often the lack of access to such data, also prevents some issues from being explored in greater depth. Finally, some important issues require more focused and dedicated analysis, such as food safety and quality standards, agricultural trade, and food price increases. This relationship between longer-term strategic issues and contemporary concerns, such as water resource management and food prices, are highlighted in this study through the prism of productivity, but they too require further analysis to fully address the underlying issues.

Republic of India : Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth

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