Growth of Sugarcane in Maharashtra and Total Factor Productivity Analysis

Measurement of productivity growth is very essential to take appropriate policy decisions for the development of the agriculture sector. The present study measures Growth of Sugarcane in Maharashtra with total factor Productivity analysis. Tornquist-Theil Index method is used for this study. The results indicated that increase in production of sugarcane crop is because of increased area and productivity of sugarcane crop in Maharashtra. There is a growth in output index of sugarcane crop by 3.70 percent and in input index, it was found to be 1.09 percent hence the total factor productivity of sugarcane crop in Maharashtra state increases by of 2.59 percent, with 70 percent TFP share in output. Area under high yielding varieties, Rainfall and road density had positive and significant impact on total factor productivity growth of sugarcane crop in Maharashtra.