Growth, instability index and structural change of different crops in Bagalkot and Vijayapura district

The present study was aimed to analyse the growth and instability in area, production and productivity of different crops in Bagalkot and Vijayapura districts and structural changes of agriculture and horticulture crops. The secondary data were collected and analysed using compound growth, instability analysis and Marcov chain. The result of showed that highest CAGR in case of area and production of Bengal gram in Bagalkot was 12.97 per cent and 12.09 per cent, respectively where as in Vijayapura highest growth rate in production was 18.78 per cent for Maize may be due to more suitable agroclimatic conditions. In case of Bagalkot district, onion could retain maximum area i.e, 74 per cent but in Vijayapura district about 82.86 per cent of area was retained by sunflower. Soyabean had lost all its area to other crops may be due to non-availability of competitive price in the market.