Revisiting Tenancy and Agricultural Productivity in Southern India: Insights from Longitudinal Household Surveys

    Deb, U and Pramanik, S and Khan, P E and Bantilan, C (2015) Revisiting Tenancy and Agricultural Productivity in Southern India: Insights from Longitudinal Household Surveys. In: Agriculture in an Interconnected World, August 08 -14, 2015, Milan, Italy.

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    Abstract

    The study reconfirmed prevalence of reverse tenancy in dryland agriculture in Southern India in the recent years (2009-11) as was in the mid-seventies. Household level panel data collected from six villages by ICRISAT under its Village Level Studies (VLS) and Village Dynamics Studies (VDS) program were used. Area under tenancy has increased in the recent years, mostly in the form of share cropping. Panel Data Probit analysis revealed that likelihood of a household to be a tenant is positively linked with number of agricultural worker, bullock ownership and male-headed household. Land ownership, age and education of household head, and dependence on non-farm income had negative association. Crop yield and profitability were generally higher in owned land than that of land under tenancy. Reduction of reverse tenancy in dryland agriculture will require risk reducing technologies (drought-resistant varieties, supplementary irrigation) and availability of critical inputs (for example, bullock for intercultural operations).

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
    Divisions: RP-Market Institutions and Policies
    CRP: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Tenancy, Dryland Agriculture, Panel data, Probit, Profitability, Southern India, South India, Village Level Studies, Longitudinal Household Surveys
    Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
    Depositing User: Mr Ramesh K
    Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2015 09:25
    Last Modified: 18 Sep 2015 09:25
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9009
    Acknowledgement: UNSPECIFIED
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