The Case of India 1 1 1 



The parameters of this specification were estimated with data for 

 140 districts (i) for the years 1960-71 (t). These districts are lo- 

 cated in seven states and include seven lADP districts. Appendix 

 9 lists the 140 districts, and figure 6.2 shows the location of the 

 seven lADP districts and the delineation of the fourteen agro-cli- 

 mate regions. 



The regional classification has two purposes. The agro-climate 

 regional definition is designed to identify small regions with rea- 

 sonably homogeneous cropping patterns and soil and climate 

 conditions. Table 6.8 provides a comparison of rates of change in 

 measured total factor productivity for each of the fourteen agro- 

 climate zones and for the lADP districts included in the study. 

 The agro-climate regions are based on the work of Easter (1972). 

 Note that only one of the seven lADP districts in the study ac- 

 tually realized a higher rate of change in productivity than the 

 average for the region in which it was located. Also note that 

 there is little relationship between the average shares of capital 

 (tractors and implements) and fertilizer and average yield levels of 

 foodgrains or total factor productivity gains. 



The second regional classification, the geoclimate classification, 

 is based on the work of Papadakis (1967), utilized in the earlier 

 part of this chapter. 



Hoi Equatorial Geo-Climale Region 



Agro-Climate Region 7 A. P. Coastal Area (lADP Dist. West Godavari) 



Agro-Climate Region 8 Tamil Nadu Coastal (lADP Dist. Thanjavur) 



Humid Equatorial Geo-Climate Region 



Agro-Climate Region 9 Maharashtra-Mysore Coastal 



Semi-Arid Equatorial Geo-Climate Region 



Agro-Climate Region 10 East Central Mah. Black Soils Area (lADP Dist. 



Bhandara) 

 Agro-Climate Region 11 West Central Mah. Black Soils Area 

 Agro-Climate Region 12 Northern Mysore Black Soils Area 

 Agro-Climate Region 13 Interior AP Red Soils Area 

 Agro-Climate Region 14 Southern Mysore — T.N. Red Soils Area (lADP Dist. 



Mandya) 



See appendix 9 for district delineation of agro-climate regions. 



