Growth and instability of major Kharif pulse crops in Madhya Pradesh State of India Mishra Shalini1,*, Balai H.K.2, Malviya P.K.2 1Department of Agricultural Economics, RVSKVV, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India 2Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Indore, RVSKVV, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India *Corresponding author: mshalini209@gmail.com
Online published on 2 September, 2023. Abstract The study was conducted to evaluate the growth rate and instability in area, production and productivity of major Kharif pulse crops viz., pigeon pea, green gram and black gram in Madhya Pradesh. The study was solely based on secondary time series data, collected from various sources: e-pulses data book (ICAR), State Pulses Board (M.P.), Directorate of Economics and statistics (DES), GoI. The compound growth rate and variation in area, production and productivity of major Kharif pulse crops in Madhya Pradesh were calculated by using exponential trend function and Cuddy-Della Valle Index for the last thirty years had been segmented into four periods namely period-I (1991-92 to 2000-01), period-II (2001-02 to 2010-11), period-III (2011-12 to 2020-21) and overall period (1991-92 to 2020-21). The results of growth performance had been shown that the area of pulse crops was continuously increased over the years. In overall study period, the growth rate in area, production and productivity of pigeon pea were seen significantly increasing pattern accounts for 0.69, 2.33 and 1.62 per cent, respectively. However, area of green gram seen declined non-significant growth at the rate of -0.69 per cent while, production and productivity were increased significantly at the rate of 2.09 and 3.04 per cent, respectively. And in Black gram, the area, production and productivity were increased significantly at the rate of 9.14, 13.76 and 4.23 per cent per annum, respectively. The study revealed that the instability analysis showed almost all pulse crops as well as total pulse crops grown in Madhya Pradesh were observed more variation in terms of production and least variation in productivity as compared to area. Crop wise analysis during entire study periods showed that in case of production, the highest instability was observed in green gram (63.94%), followed by black gram (62.00%) and pigeon pea (43.32%), respectively. And similar instability pattern was observed in case of area of pulse crops. However, least variation was observed in productivity of pigeon pea (17.35%), followed by black gram (26.17%) and green gram (19.18%) during overall period. Top Keywords Exponential trend function, Compound growth rate, Cuddy-Della Valle Index, Instability. Top |