Subsidized Farm Input Programs and Agricultural Performance: A Farm-Level Analysis of West Bengal's Green Revolution, 1982-1995

Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, vol. 3, issue 4, 186-214

Abstract: We examine the role of delivery of subsidized seeds and fertilizers in the form of agricultural minikits by local governments in three successive farm panels in West Bengal spanning 1982-1995. These programs significantly raised farm value added per acre, accounting for almost two-thirds of the observed growth. The estimates are robust to possible endogeneity of program placement, controls for farm and year effects, other programs of agricultural development, local weather, and price shocks. The effects of the kits delivery program overshadowed the effects of other rural development programs, including the tenancy registration program Operation Barga. (JEL O13, Q12, Q16, Q18)

JEL-codes: O13 Q12 Q16 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.3.4.186
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