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Regional disparities in agricultural development a district level analysis for the state of Rajasthan
Titre : Regional disparities in agricultural development a district level analysis for the state of Rajasthan
Auteur : Newar, Sapna
Université de soutenance : The IIS University
Grade : Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2018
Résumé
The present study is an attempt to understand nature and extent of inter-district
disparities in agricultural development in the state of Rajasthan. The study spans
over a time period of twenty four years from 1990-91 to 2013-14 and covers
27 districts which existed at the time of 1991 census. The study is based on
secondary data primarily sourced from annual publications by the
Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Government of Rajasthan,
Jaipur and various other sources like Census Reports, Economic Survey
Reports etc. The methodology for present study includes : (i) Estimation of
labour and land productivity in rupees terms, (ii) Analysis of crop yield at
state and district level (iii) Regression Analysis to study whether the use of
agricultural inputs and infrastructure can predict the level of agricultural
output. (iv) Principal Component Analysis to rank and categorize the
districts on the basis of agricultural development, and (v) Estimation of
disparity measures like coefficient of variation, standard deviation of logarithms,
relative mean deviation to study the extent of inter-district disparities in
agricultural development. The major results of the study have shown that the gap
between highly developed and highly underdeveloped districts in terms of land and
labour productivity has come down, though marginally. The detailed study of crop
yield and crop diversification done in chapter five shows that crop yield gap
between highly developed and highly underdeveloped districts has been almost
stagnant and the phase of crop diversification in Rajasthan was very slow for the
time period under study.
The results of regression analysis tend to confirm the premise that the selected
predictors, pertaining to the use of agricultural inputs and infrastructure, positively
affect agricultural productivity. The increased concentration of districts in the
category of developed districts as their number increased from six to nine from
1990-93 to 2011-14 can be seen as a positive move towards balanced regional
development in agriculture sector of the state on the basis of PCA analysis.
However, no deliberate attempt in this direction is evident as 50 percent of the
underdeveloped districts of 1990-91 registered a further fall in their composite
scores of agricultural development in 2011-14 and entered in the category of
highly underdeveloped districts. Results of other disparity measures like Relative
Mean Deviation, Coefficient of Variation, and Standard Deviation of Logarithms
indicate that considerable inter-district inequality exists with respect to all the
indicators. The thesis suggests a number of policy recommendations to narrow
down the gap between developed and underdeveloped districts.
Mots clés : Social Sciences,Economics and Business,Economics,Regional, disparities, agricultural, development, district level, Rajasthan
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