Department of Agricultural Economics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
*Corresponding author: luhachneelam12@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2897-6393)
Online published on 15 October, 2020.
The present study was undertaken to analyze the trends in area, production and productivity of major food grain crops for the period 1995-96 to 2015-16 obtaining data from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi. Foodgrains are cultivated in India in an area of 123.22 million hectares with a production of 251.57 million tonnes. The results of the study revealed that the food grains production in the country has increased at a rate of 1.73 per cent per annum which was contributed by negligible increase in area and productivity during the study period. The production-wise scenario of foodgrains has indicated that, major cereals like rice, wheat and maize showed consistent improvement, but pulses production was not consistent. As a coarse cereal, maize stands in an important position next to rice and wheat, due to its multiple uses with yield increases from about 1595 Kg per ha during 1995-96 to 2563 Kg per ha during 20015-16. The computed growth trend for total food grains in India was positive (0.008) and significant (P<0.01) for production and growth for productivity was positive (0.006) and significant (P<0.01).
• Notably maize showed increase in area, yield and production during study period.
• Growth rates of all food grains except jowar was positive and significant during the period.
Area, Compound annual growth rate (CAGR), Decomposition, Food grains, Production, Yield
