Studies on the growth and instability of major cropsin selected tahsils of Amravati district

Abstract

The present study was based on secondary data collected from various government publications and pertains to a period of 10 year i.e. from 2005-06 to 2014-15. The growth rates of area of major crops were estimated in which growth rate of cotton is found to be increasing during the study period. Coefficient of variation and Coppocks instability index were used to study the instability of major crops in selected tahsils of Amravati district. The instability of mung is found to be highest among other selected crop.