aCentral Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod-671 124, Kerala
bIndira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai-400 065, Maharashtra
cMadras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai-600 020, Tamil Nadu
* Author for correspondence, Email: jaysekhars@yahoo.co.in
§The article is drawn from the term paper on ‘Instability in Indian Agriculture‘ carried out at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum during the PhD programme of the first author.
In the recent years there has been considerable emphasis on understanding the regional dimensions of economic growth in India within the convergence implications of neoclassical growth paradigm. The study has tested the convergence hypothesis in per capita agricultural output and foodgrains productivity across the major 15 states of India. During 1971–2007, Indian states have exhibited sigma divergence in per capita agricultural output. The study on relationship between initial foodgrain output and growth rates has shown a divergence pattern rather than convergence during 1971–1988, and we could observe a weak convergence during 1988–2007.
Beta convergence, Sigma convergence, Agricultural development
