• CHANCHAL KUMAR DEY
• DR. TAPAS MISTRI

Agriculture continued to be remained as the most important mode of production system that symbolizes the food and economic security as a whole for any nations especially in India. India posses a vast agricultural tracts and nearly 1/6th of the world population where agricultural plays a crucial role to control food production directly and to influence deeply over economic, political, social and cultural pursuits of the nation. Therefore, agricultural productivity and efficiency plays a very vital role to focus the growth of the Indian economy and societies as well. This study analyses agricultural productivity and efficiency index and its blocks wise variation, changing trends in between 2004-05 and 2014-15 in Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. Secondary data have been collected from relevant sources which have calibrated properly and supporting field visit have done for verification . It is observed that most of the blocks have improved their agricultural efficiency (Ei), due to improved irrigation systems, technological breakthrough and rural infrastructural development and over all increasing demand of food grains. But some blocks are suffering from decreasing agricultural efficiency (Ei) rates due to adverse effect of urbanization, large scale land acquisition for non-agricultural purpose; productive crop-lands are converting into low to medium agro-blocks and high agricultural efficiency (Ei) blocks with reducing trends of yield rate. Here, Bhatia (1967) method has applied for calculating agricultural efficiency index (Ei). The study concentrates mainly on the changing agricultural efficiency rate of the district not purely on the causes of it.

Agricultural Efficiency, Productivity, Measure, Changing trends, Causes

"CHANGING TRENDS OF AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY (Ei)IN PURBA BARDHAMAN DISTRICT,WEST BENGAL, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.53-65, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806806.pdf

"CHANGING TRENDS OF AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY (Ei)IN PURBA BARDHAMAN DISTRICT,WEST BENGAL, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp53-65, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806806.pdf