1Department of Agricultural Economics, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263145, Uttarakhand, India
2Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313004, Rajasthan, India
This analysis of the growth and determinants of fertilizer consumption in Rajasthan during 1967–68 to 2014–15 divided into the post-green revolution period (1967–68 to 1990–91) and post-reform period (1991–92 to 201415). Growth rate of total fertilizer consumption as well as for the three nutrients individually were much higher in the post-green revolution period. Whereas opposite results were observed in the case of foodgrain production. The growth rate of foodgrains increased from 2.20% during the post-green revolution period to 3.71% during the post-reforms period. Further investigation revealed that gross irrigated area appeared to be the most important variable influencing the fertilizer consumption followed by area under high yielding varieties. On an average, one hectare area increase under irrigation resulted in an increase of 150 kg fertilizer and one hectare area increase under high yielding varieties resulted in 43 kg increase in fertilizer in the state. Rainfall was found to be statistically non-significant in all the three temporal phases of study period revealing the erratic and uneven distribution of rainfall in Rajasthan.
