Agricultural inputs and productivity UPSC

The agriculture system has the following components: Input, output, process, and feedback.

agriculture system

• Input: seed, fertilizers, labor, tools, knowledge, skill, and policy, are the input of the farm system. 
• Output: food grains, grass, fruit, meat, milk, fish, etc, are the output of the farm system. 
• Process: farming, harvesting, plowing, livestock farming, etc, are the process of the agriculture system. 
• Feedback: based on the farm output, farmers get feedback. Using this feedback or experienced knowledge farmer may change the input & process of the agricultural system.

What is productivity?

Productivity is the ratio of farm output and farm input.

 Productivity= output / input costs. 

Productivity is different from fertility. High fertile land need not be high productivity. For example, despite having high fertile agricultural land in India as compared to China & South Korea, productivity is much less than in China & South Korea.
The following are the methods to increase productivity: 

• Mechanization in agriculture 
• Innovative ideas in agriculture 
• Knowledge, skill 
• High-quality seeds, fertilizer, pesticides may increase the productivity of Z
• Zero budget farming 
• Soil health card scheme 

Why productivity is important?

• Regional imbalance can be estimated by calculating the productivity of farms. 
• Knowledge disparities also can be known through productivity 
• Productivity is the actual measurement of efficiency in farm sectors. 

Types of productivity? 

• Farm productivity 
• Labor productivity 
• Machine productivity 
• Dairy productivity 
• Livestock productivity

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