Critical Study of Impact of Quantifiable Variables on the Yield Per Hectare in The Indian Agricultural Sector

Abstract

Agriculture has been the locomotive for economic growth in India. The agriculture growth and development are depended on the proper utilization of resources.

Researcher has tried to study the data in quantitative form (not in monetary term) available from different government’s reports. Researcher has considered the data for the period of 2000-2001 to 2014-2015, and used SPSS 22 for statistical analysis. The dependent variables considered are the yield per hectare (kgs/hectare), and production of food gains (thousand tonnes). Independent variables are: 1. Population density per square kilometer, 2. Cropping intensity in terms of percentage, 3. Poverty rates – persons per million, and 4. Gross irrigated area in thousand hectares. The conclusion supports that the yield per hectare is 64% dependent on gross irrigated land area and crop density.

The conclusions have supported the null hypothesis between yield per hectare, and crop density; while not accepted the null hypothesis between yield per hectare and gross irrigation land area.