Production performance of cotton in North India: A state level analysis Singh Avaldeep, Kumar Raj*, Gupta Mohit, Singh Jasdev Department of Economics & Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141004, Punjab *Corresponding author: rajkumar@pau.edu
Online published on 28 September, 2023. Abstract Cotton is a significant commercial fibre crop. It is one of the most important cash crops in the Indian economy. The current study attempts to understand the growth rates and variability in area, production, and productivity of cotton crop in India's north cotton zone using the secondary data for the period of 40 years (from 1980-81 to 2019-20). Results revealed that during the last 4 decades, area under cotton was found to be decreased in Punjab whereas in Haryana and Rajasthan there was significant increase in area under cotton. The annual growth rate of area under cotton was found to be reducing significantly in Punjab (-1.90%) whereas in Haryana (3.54%) and Rajasthan (5.79%), it was increasing significantly. On the other side, productivity has shown a significant increase of 1.70 per cent, 1.43 per cent and 2.43 per cent in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, respectively. In the case of cotton higher variability in productivity and production was observed in comparison to wheat and paddy. Highest instability in production was observed in Rajasthan (40.86%) followed by Punjab (34.29%) and Haryana (22.33%). whereas at national level it was 21.86 per cent. As far as productivity is concerned, highest variability was observed in Rajasthan (29.73%), followed by Punjab (29.53%) and Haryana (24.19%). The area and productivity in Punjab affected the cotton production negatively but in Haryana and Rajasthan it was observed positive. Top Keywords Cotton, CAGR, Decomposition Analysis, North zone, Production, Variability. Top |