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

Bidyut Ghosh

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2011, vol. 34, issue 2, 109-120

Abstract: 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

Keywords: Cropping Pattern; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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