INTERLINKAGE AND ITS ROLE IN AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF BURDWAN DISTRICT

Abstract

Agricultural activities are link with many other activities. Any sector of an economy cannot function in isolated manner. Rather how it integrates with other sectors determines its efficiency. In fact, we are very obsessed with systems concept. In a bigger system, every subsystem of it is not only interlinked but also interdependent. Agriculture is no exception. Agricultural productivity largely depends on irrigation system, communication network, power supply, marketing facilities, banking system and other infrastructural facilities. Ultimately outcome from agriculture would depend on how these elements are interlinked. Not only several factors but also their derivatives (linkage) also influence productivity. In this paper, we identify and explain different types of agricultural derivatives to enhance agricultural productivity of land i.e. effect of interlinkage on productivity.