Total Factor Productivity and Agricultural Research Relationship: Evidence from FSR Centre, Jammu Sehar Humaa, Iqbal Mudasira, Kachroo Jyotia, Kachroo Dileepb, Bhat Anila aDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology-Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir bDepartment of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology-Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Online published on 9 October, 2012. Abstract The present study is based on the data collected from four experimental fields of Farming Systems Research Centre (FSRC) in the Jammu division of J&K state. The data available for a period of 27 years pertained to the period 1985–2008. Stochatic Frontier and Malamquist Models have been used to observe the trend in total factor productivity (TFP) of rice and wheat crops which are the dominant crop enterprises during kharif and rabi seasons, respectively in the study area. The analysis has revealed that land preparation, urea fertilizer and technological changes have a significant impact on TFP of rice. In the case of wheat crop, land preparation, herbicides, phosphorus fertilizers, and technological changes have depicted a significant effect on TFP growth. The inputs like high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice, herbicides and fertilizers should be made available in time as well as in the required quantity to the farmers so that the yield of crops could be increased, which will provide more income to the farmers, improving thereby their socio-economic status. Top Keywords TFP, FSR Centre, wheat, rice, Jammu & Kashmir. Top |