Dynamics of Area and Production of Major Pulse Crops in India

Abstract

newline The present study entitled Dynamics of Area and Production of Major Pulse Crops in India was conducted to examine the growth and trend, decomposition, instability and causes of instability and seasonal index of major pulse crops in major states of India. The study was based on secondary data collected from different sources i.e. Directorate of Agriculture and Cooperation, GOI, Directorate of Pulses development Bhopal, etc. The time series data of area, production and productivity of major pulse crops in selected states of India have been taken for 30 years from 1988-89 to 2017-18 for the analysis of growth, trend, decomposition and instability whereas growth and decomposition were calculated period wise as period-I (1988-89 to 1997-98), period-II (1998-99 to 2007-08), period-III (2008-89 to 2017-18) and overall period (1988-89 to 2017-18). The fourth objective was based on seasonal variation of selected pulse crops in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Ten years (January, 2008 to December 2017) monthly time series data on arrivals and wholesale prices were collected to estimate the seasonal variation of selected pulse crops in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Compound growth rate in area, production and productivity, log linear form of equations (also known as exponential function) were used to estimate. Linear, quadratic and exponential functions were used to estimate trend pattern in area production and productivity of selected pulse crops in selected states. The function which had the highest coefficient of determination among above three functions was used to estimate trend. The coefficient of variation for instability analysis was computed by Cuddy Della Valle Index. Acreage response function was used to estimate for determining the causes of instability. Similarly, yield response was used to estimate the causes of variability in yield in major pulse crops of selected states of India. It was revealed from the results that during overall study period, the highest and significant growth was found in ar