Instability in area, production and productivity of major cereal and oilseed crops in the state of Rajasthan

Abstract

This study was conducted in the state of Rajasthan. Two major crop groups viz; cereals (pearlmillet, maize and wheat) and oilseeds (soyabean and rapeseed and mustard) were selected for analysis. The crops in the above groups having five per cent or more area under cultivation in a district were selected. The districts were selected on the basis of last five years average (2005-06 to 2009-10). The secondary data were collected from published records and reports of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur and official website of Rajasthan Agriculture Department www.krishi.rajasthan.gov.in. The study period encompassed a duration of 58 years starting from; 1956-57 to 2014-15. The variation (as measured in terms of coefficient of variation adjusted for trend) in area, production and yield of cereal and oilseed crops varied from over the periods and districts in the state of Rajasthan during- 1956-57 to 2014-15.