Slow growth in farm productivity remains a concern: Suresh Pal

The country has, about the final 10 years, achieved sizeable advancement in agriculture efficiency, but the advancement has been driven by non-crop sectors these kinds of as aquaculture, reported Suresh Pal, eminent agriculture economist and Director of ICAR-Nationwide Institute of Agricultural Economics and Plan Analysis (NIAP).

He was addressing the BusinessLine Agri Summit on farm efficiency here on Friday.

He reported advancement in agriculture efficiency has been 3 for every cent in the final two a long time and five for every cent before that. And this advancement has arrive from States which ended up usually weak in agriculture.

In Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, the advancement in crop, livestock and fisheries has been six for every cent, much earlier mentioned the countrywide advancement, and not viewed in the Eco-friendly Revolution-backed States these kinds of as Punjab and Haryana.

Even so, Pal also expressed issue about the sluggish advancement in agriculture efficiency in Uttar Pradesh, which has superior irrigation services and fertile land.

Studies have proven there has been a convergence of financial advancement and agricultural efficiency.

The seed use has also viewed a sizeable hike, supported by hybrid seed technological know-how. Labour efficiency driving on much better technological know-how has also contributed to the advancement figures, he additional.