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Determinants of the Changes in Cropping Pattern in India: 1970-71 to 2006-07

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  • Ghosh, Bidyut Kumar

    (Assistant Professor, Dr. P.C. Mhalanabish School of Management, Supreme Knowledge Foundation Group of Institutions, Mankundu, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.)

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Institutional and technological changes, mainly the HYV technology introduced in the 1960s, turned India into a progressive food grain producing country. Since the early-1990s, Indian agriculture has also faced competition from the global economy in the wake of globalisation. This has led to the emergence of a decelerating tendency in Indian agriculture especially in terms of growth of production of major crops and total agricultural production. In view of the above, diversification of agricultural activities is considered important for enhancing agricultural production and productivity in India. This study examines cropping pattern changes in Indian agriculture during the period 1970-71 to 2006- 07. In terms of Herfindal index and substitution and expansion effects, the concentration and/or diversification reveals that the cropping pattern in India in terms of allocation of acreage is skewed towards food grains. However, few non-food grain cash crops such as cotton, sugarcane, oilseeds, and vegetables have emerged as popular crops among the farmers in recent years

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  • Ghosh, Bidyut Kumar, 2011. "Determinants of the Changes in Cropping Pattern in India: 1970-71 to 2006-07," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 34(2), pages 109-120, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:badest:0518
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    1. Venkataramanan, L. S. & Prahladachar, M., 1980. "Growth Rates and Cropping Pattern Changes in Agriculture in Six States: 1950 to 1975," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 35(2), April.
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      Cropping Pattern; India;

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      • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General

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