Technical Efficiency of Resource-Conserving Technologies in Rice -Wheat Systems: The Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India
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This study has evaluated the technical efficiency of farmers engaged in rice-wheat cropping systems in
North-eastern India, who are using Resource-Conserving Technologies (RCTs) such as Zero Tillage (ZT)
and Direct Seeded Rice (DSR). These technology promotions are being carried out under the intervention
of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project, primarily funded by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation. The resource-conserving technologies are being promoted as part of conservation
agriculture supported by the project. The data used in this study have been derived from the socioeconomic
surveys conducted in Eastern Uttar-Pradesh and Bihar in North-eastern India during the kharif
season of 2009 and rabi season of 2010. A stochastic frontier analysis was carried out to investigate and
compare the determinants of technical efficiency among the farmers receiving intervention and those who
are not. The study has revealed that farmers receiving CSISA intervention have realized higher levels of
technical efficiency. Additionally, farmers who are receiving subsidies and farmers who are planting more
diversified crops have higher levels of technical efficiency.