@article{Swain:229708,
      recid = {229708},
      author = {Swain, Mrutyunjay},
      title = {Sources of Growth and Instability in Agricultural  Production in Western Odisha, India},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development},
      address = {2014-12},
      number = {1362-2016-107732},
      pages = {20},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {This paper analyzes the nature and sources of agricultural  instability in the Bolangir district of Western Odisha,  India. The nature of instability in agricultural production  is examined by determining the
agricultural instability  index (AII) of variables such as area, production and yield  of food grains and paddy, irrigation coverage, and annual  rainfall. The period covered by the study (1984–2009),  which is characterized by greater technology dissemination,  is categorized into two sub- periods: (1984–1993) and  (1994–2009). The effects of a change in major inputs on the  variability of crop productivity are assessed using a  double-log model. The yield decomposition analysis is used  to examine the role of drought risk factors and the amount  and productivity of inputs in crop yield growth. The extent  of instability in agricultural production and productivity  in the region is found to be quite high on account of the  high level of rainfall variability and the low irrigation  coverage. The level of instability in food grain production  is much larger during the second sub-period. The  decomposition analysis reveals that about 84.4 percent of  the total change in paddy yield growth is due to drought  risk factors such as rainfall failure, rainfall  variability, high temperature, and drought-induced  pest
attack, while the remaining change in paddy yield is  due to the change in amount and productivity of major  agricultural inputs such as labor, fertilizer, pesticides,  and irrigation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229708},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.229708},
}