Prospects of Enhancing Labour Productivity in Indian Agriculture

in Indian Agriculture S Mahendra Dev What are the prospects of increasing the productivity of labour in Indian agriculture? The author examines the two constituent components of labour productivity, namely yield and the land-person ratio, at a disaggregated level He takes a look at the impact of the demographic scenario on the land-person ratio and provides an analysis of the constraints on increasing yields based on district level data and concludes with some brief comments on the policy options that emerge.