1Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla-171 001, HP, India.
The present study was conducted with the objective of assessing technical efficiency of the potato growers of Barpeta district of Assam. Barpeta is one of the major potato producing districts of Assam. Randomly selected thirty six farmers were interviewed in the three blocks during potato crop season of 2004–05. It was found that overall technical efficiency of the potato growers of the study area was 78%. Further, pure technical inefficiency was the primary cause of overall inefficiency. For further improvement of efficiency, government needs to provide irrigation facilities, marketing infrastructure and good quality seed at cheaper rate. Besides, extension efforts have to be strengthened to empower the farmers with knowledge of scientific potato production practices.
