Growth and instability of rice production in India

The study was conducted to know growth and instability of rice in area, production, and productivity in India, Karnataka and Telanagana state. The secondary data were collected from 1971 to 2015 and sub divided into different sub periods. The compound growth rate and Cuddy-Della Valle index is used to assess the growth and instability respectively. The study indicates that the positive growth in area and production in all periods at national level but Period-IV shows negative growth in production of rice. The study also revealed that marginally highest instability was observed in Period-IV for area (3.36 per cent) and production (31.90 per cent) at national level.