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Adoption of agricultural technologies. Agrarian Structure, Adoption of Technologies and Agricultural Productivity in Eastern India. Anjani Kumar, K M Singh, M K Sinha, Usha Rani Ahuja, Rajni Jain and P Shinoj. Outline. Agrarian structure Evidence on adoption of technologies
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Adoption of agricultural technologies Agrarian Structure, Adoption of Technologies and Agricultural Productivity in Eastern India Anjani Kumar, K M Singh, M K Sinha, Usha Rani Ahuja, Rajni Jain and P Shinoj
Outline • Agrarian structure • Evidence on adoption of technologies • Adoption and Productivity • Factors affecting adoption • Theoretical framework • Some evidence • Conclusions and policy implications
Adoption of agricultural technologies Agricultural Statistics at a Glance, various years.
Share of irrigated area in total area under cultivation in Eastern India
Adoption analysis • Characteristics of technologies • Yield enhancing • Risk reducing • Improving quality • Reducing cost of production • Reducing externalities • Factors for adoption of technologies • Input and output markets • Land markets • Labour market • Insurance/means for risk reduction • Credit markets • Efficiency in flow of information • Externalities
Adoption analysis • Constraints in access to technologies • Constraints in adoption of technologies • Impact of adoption of technologies • Productivity • Income • Poverty • Food security • Nutrition security • Equity (class/region)
Analysis for determinants of adoption Farmer characteristics Farm assets/resources Institutional factors Extension Bio-physical factors Farmers’ behaviour
Analysis for adoption • Models • Probit/logit • Tobit • Double-hurdle model • For impact of adoption • Partial equilibrium models • Randomized control treatment • Propensity Score Matching • Difference in difference models