TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY OF COTTON AND SUGARCANE IN ANDHRA PRADESH

K. DIVYA¹*, I. BHAVANI DEVI², P.V. SATYA GOPAL³, P. LAVANYA KUMARI^4
1Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, India
²Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
³Professor & Head, Department of Extension Education, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, India
⁴Scientist, Department of Statistics & Computer Applications, Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : divya.kathula@gmail.com

Received : 30-03-2020     Accepted : 13-04-2020     Published : 15-04-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 7       Pages : 9696 - 9698
Int J Agr Sci 12.7 (2020):9696-9698

Keywords : Cotton, Sugarcane, Total factor productivity, Malmquist Index, Efficiency change, Technological change
Academic Editor : Dr P K Bhanja
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present study of the trends in cotton and sugarcane productivity growth in Andhra Pradesh. For study, time-series data on cost of cultivation of selected crops were collected from the reports of Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices for the period 1996-97 to 2014-15. The results revealed that in the case of cotton, the mean TFPch was 3.5 per cent. The entire improvement in the productivity was due to improvement in the TECHch or “innovation”, whereas the EFFch did not show any effect on TFPch. In sugarcane, the highest performance could be seen in 2012-13 where TFPch was 127.6 percent solely influenced by TECHch.

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