Agricultural production and productivity in Darrang district, Assam, India

Agricultural productivity means the ratio of index of total geographical outputs to the index of total inputs used in farm production. It is a measure of the efficiency with which inputs are used to derive maximum possible outputs. The agricultural production and productivity varies spatially and temporally with the variation of physical, socio-economic and technological factors. Thus, this study has been designed to know the pattern of agricultural production and its spatial variations within the different community development blocks of Darrang district in Assam. The study area includes the whole of new Darrang district where almost all the varieties of crops are cultivated. The region has been divided into high, moderate and low agricultural productivity regions. The study indicates that agricultural productivity varies among different social groups of farmers inhabiting in the district.