‘LAND-HOLDING FARMERS DOING NON-FARMING ACTIVITIES IMPROVE LABOUR EFFICIENCY’

Study by National Law School of In-dia University and IIT-Madras researchers finds farmers’ move affects farm operations positively

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Land-holding farmers who engage in non-farming activity tend to improve labour efficiency on their farms, a recent study has found.

The study aimed to understand the impact of multiple job holding on farm labour use efficiency. The researchers used data from the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) of farmers from States such as Odisha, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh for the period between 2010 and 2014.

“This is important as participation in non-farm activities alters farmers’ labour allocation decisions between farm and non-farm activities,” the researchers said in their paper.