IJMSS Vol.03 Issue-08, (August, 2015) ISSN: 2321-1784 International Journal in Management and Social Science (Impact Factor- 4.358) A Monthly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories International Journal in Management and Social Science http://www.ijmr.net.in email id- irjmss@gmail.com Page 290 An Analytical study of Performance Appraisal System in Agriculture Sector *DR. Meenakshi Anand **Ragini Shrimali *Sr.Assistant.Prof, Dept. Financial Studies, The IIS University, Jaipur ** Research scholar, The IIS University, Jaipur ABSTRACT In recent years performance appraisal is being a part of performance management and play a vital role to encourage desirable performances in the organizations. Performance appraisal is a systematic and objective way to judge the ability of an employee to perform his job and motivates the employee to ensure an expected level of organizational commitment. Agriculture sector is the major source of income in India as it conserves natural resources by boosting the production and productivity without degrading the environment. Its future growth can accrue from improvements in farming systems with regional specialization and sustainable management of natural resources together with regular appraisal of employees in agriculture institutes. The current paper gives an overview about performance appraisal in agriculture sector. It concentrates on examining the importance of performance appraisal and analysis of its practices in State institute of agriculture management. The future will see to ensure improved performance of employees by providing better perspective for Indian agriculture. Keywords: Agriculture sector, Performance appraisal, Organization and Employees. Introduction Human resource management is a management function as it helps in recruitment, selection, training and development of employees in an organization. It also includes employee’s remuneration, motivation and growth. Human resource can also be termed as ‘personnel’, ‘people at work’, ‘staff’ and ‘employees’. It provides effective, efficient and talented manpower to the organizations by appraising their performance. Human resource development becomes effectual in an organization as its interventions do not merely depends on developing competencies among individuals for their present job but also for their future jobs. From this point of view the career paths of individual have to be worked out systematically to undertake developmental activities. According to Jucius Michael, “Human resource is a human factor which is a whole consisting of inter- related, inter-dependent, interacting, psychological, sociological and ethical components.” These days performance appraisal is needed in every organization and it has become more important because managers are under constant pressure to improve their performance in the organization due to cut throat competitions. It is a standard and impersonal way of judging the ability of an employee in performing his tasks and duties within the job. It may be defined as a formal structured interaction between a subordinate and supervisor that usually takes the form of a periodic interview with a view to identify weaknesses and strengths as well as opportunities for the improvement and skills development in an organization. Performance appraisal encourages employees to reinforce their strengths and overcome their weaknesses. In agricultural research institutes performance appraisal stands for the