Question.
What is the meaning of agricultural Productivity? Mention the method of measurement of agricultural productivity adopted by Mohammad Shafi. ( UPPSC, 2020, 15 Marks)
Answer.
Agricultural Productivity is a quantitative measurement of the capacity of agricultural land.
The general meaning of Agriculture productivity=crop output per unit area of agricultural land.
Agriculture productivity can be increased by using fertilizer, Hybrid seeds, pesticides, insecticides, capital, technology, etc on land.
Many scholars tried to define and measure agricultural productivity on the basis of different inputs such as land, labor, and capital.
Agricultural productivity adopted by Mohammad Shafi:
- Muhammad Shafi has done a field study of eastern Uttar Pradesh with the relationship between land utilization and nutritional requirement.
- Shafi considered land as the most important input factor as land is permanent and fixed input in farming. The land is limited resources in densely populated countries like India.
As per Muhammad Shafi(1984):
Pi=(y1/t+y2/t+y3/t+y4/t---yn/t) : (Y1/T+Y2/T+Y3/T------Yn/T)
Where:
- Pi=Agricultural productivity Index
- yi=yield of i'th crop at the block level.
- t=areas under crop 1 to nth at the block level.
- Yi-Yield of i'th crop at the district level.
- T=total area of the crops 1 to nth at the district level.
For finding out the level of agriculture development in the region, spatial variation methods were used for finding the z score.
Zx1 =(x1-x1)/sdx1
- x1=Block level distribution of indicator x1.
- x1 = District level distribution of indicator x1.
Based on the z score, agricultural land can be divided into the following categories:
Z score(<-0.29)
- Very Low Productivity
Z score(0-.30 to 0.35)
- Low Productivity
Z score(0.35 to 1)
- Medium Productivity
Z score(1.01 to 1.64)
- High Productivity
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