Growth and Instability in Food Grains Production in West Bengal: A District Level Study

We have examined the growth pattern and stability of total food grains production for different districts in West Bengal during 1990-91 to 2014-15. Here annual compound growth rates have been measured by fitting exponential trend equations and sub-period growth rates have been estimated by kinked exponential trend equation. The production variability of food grains has been estimated by using Cuddy-Della Valle index. The secondary data on area, production and productivity are collected from the Ministry of Agriculture, different statistical district handbook and different issues of Statistical Abstract of West Bengal. The production growth rate of total food grains is significantly positive in all the districts with low value except Bankura, Howrah and Nadia in the state over the study period. The production growth rates of total food grains significantly decreased in second sub-period compared to the first sub-period in all the districts as well as West Bengal as a whole. The production instabilities of food grains are found to be medium in all the districts except Howrah, Darjeeling, Purulia, Bankura, Mursidabad and West Bengal as a whole.

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Research Article | Published online : 27-Jun-2022