Dynamics of Agricultural Input Use in India: Trends and Structural Shifts
Niyati Thakur *
Department of Social Sciences, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur, Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Anushka Kumari Sinha
Department of Agricultural Economics, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India.
Deepashri J
Department of Biotechnology and Crop Improvement, College of Horticulture, Bengaluru, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India.
Shilpa Bahubalendra
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Sonita rani Sethy
Agricultural Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Angul, Odisha, India.
Srinatha T N
Department of Agricultural Economics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Sunil Naik
Department of Agricultural Economics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Shreya S Hanji
Department of Agricultural Economics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Maitrayee Dutta
Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India.
V Pavan
Institute of Agribusiness Management, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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Abstract
The inputs of agriculture sector play an important role in substantial growth. For a period of four decades, the growth rate was negative for cultivable land (-0.09%) and cultivated land (-0.03%). The land area under total cereals and total foodgrains witnessed a negative growth rate of -0.02 per cent and -0.06 per cent respectively. Agricultural labourers witnessed a growth of 2.68 per cent. The machinery involved in agriculture was positive and it was 7.66 per cent in diesel engine pumpset, 5.88 per cent in electric pumpset, 10.71 per cent in power tillers and 16.03 per cent in tractors. Electricity consumption faced a growth rate of 6.40 per cent in agriculture and share of agricultural electricity consumption in total consumption witnessed a negative growth rate of -0.03 per cent. Economic development has been seen as both a cause and an outcome of structural transformation.
Keywords: Agricultural inputs, land, labor, electricity, machinery, coppock’s instability