*Research Scholar, Department of Geography, MD University, Rohtak, India
**Assistant Professor, Govt. College for Women, Lakhan Majara, Rohtak, India
Online published on 6 September, 2013.
In this paper we have analyzed the growth and instability in groundnut crop in India during technology oilseed mission (TOM) and in liberalization policy era. For this purpose ACGR, C.V., ‘t’-test and Chow Test have been employed. The empirical results show that the ACGR of groundnut were increased during TOM. But, the ACGR have decreased in post WTO period. The‘t’-test reveals that there are no statistical significant difference in the ACGR and C.V. of area, production and yield per hectare in all three sub-period. The Chow Test strongly argues that the yield per hectare was increased during TOM which decreased after liberalization policy period or post WTO period. Therefore, Ministry of Agriculture should be encouraged R&D activities, quantity and quality supply of fertilizers, oilseeds awareness crops fairs and PPP in irrigation development.
Groundnut, Instability, Chow Test, TOM, WTO, Fair, R&D, PPP
