Decadal Analysis of Cereal Production in Bundelkhand Region of Uttar Pradesh

The study analyses the growth and stability of major cereal crops in Bundelkhand region of UP state during last two decades (2000-20). Secondary data on area, production and productivity collected from published reports was utilized for the purpose. The whole study period was divided into two periods, period-I (2000-10), period-II (2010-20) and over all period (2000-20). The CAGR and CDVI were computed for ascertaining the growth and stability respectively for area, production and yields of the major cereals over the given period of time. Results showed that wheat alone accounted for 86.57 per cent and 91 per cent of total area and production of cereals in the region, whereas about 27.50 per cent of total area was found under barley which contributed 27 per cent to total barley production of the state. Lalitpur district contributed highest area (21.03%) under total cereals in the region (1.06 million ha), closely followed by Banda (20.01%) and Jhansi (19.03%). The temporal analysis revealed that there was positive growth rate in overall area (1.61%), production (3.59%) and productivity (2.77%) of cereal crops during the overall study period (2000-20) with low to medium instability of overall area (10.45%), production (26.01%) and productivity (16.79%) in the region. Among all the cereal crops, barley recorded highest annual increase in area (2.18%), production (6.15%) during the overall study period. In contrast, maize recorded highest decline in area (-1.80%), production (-2.24%) and productivity (0.40%) in the region during 2000-20.