Impact of Agriculture Technology Adoption on Productivity and Efficiency: Primary Panel Data Analysis

Abstract

 Agricultural technologies have been promoted by the government to
increase productivity and efficiency. However, adoption of new
technology is very low because of lack of knowledge and awareness.
The study estimates the impact of agriculture technology adoption on
productivity and efficiency. The current study uses primary panel data
of base year (2006-07) and end year (2018-19). Further, it has also
explored the socioeconomic indicators responsible for productivity and
efficiency in the area. A propensity score matching approach has been
used to identify the factors responsible for productivity and efficiency.
The ordinary least square (OLS) and frontier production functions are
used to estimate parameters of agriculture technologies. The seven
technologies have significant impact on various levels and positively
affect productivity in the area. The positive factors influencing
efficiency are farmers age, education of farmer and farmer operational
area while during 2018-19, the factors increase technical efficiency are
family size, household family member employment, livestock
ownership and operational area respectively. The study recommends
some policy implementation that improves the technological adoption
to increase productivity and efficiency in the region.