Growth and trend of area, production and productivity in the major rice producing states in India

Abstract

The study analyzed the growth trends in order to understand changes over time. The area, production and productivity of rice in major rice producing states in India was examined instability and growth over a period of 15 years, from 2002-03 to 2016-17. The result revealed positive and significant growth in the area, production and productivity of rice at the national level. Among the states Madhya Pradesh, Other states, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh showed positive and significant growth in the area under rice cultivation. Rice production recorded positive and significant growth in all the states except West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. The productivity of different states reveals positive and significant growth. Whereas the highest variation found to be Andhra Pradesh (27.42%) and the lowest was in Chhattisgarh (1.25%) which was even less than the CV of India (2.58%). The variability of India’s productivity (9.30%) had higher affected on the fluctuation of production (10.81%) than instability in the area (2.58%).