All India Compound Growth Rate of Principal Crops

Handbook of Statistics : Section-'B'

Table-18 :

All India Compound Growth Rates of Area, Production and Yield of Principal Crops
since 1949-1950.

Growth Rates in Area, Production and Yield as %age

Base T.E. 1981-82 = 100

		1949-50 ~ 1998-99*
SL	Crops	Area	Production	Yield
1.	Rice	0.77	2.67	1.89
2.	Wheat	2.19	5.42	3.16
3.	Jowar	-0.79	0.74	1.54
4.	Bajra	-0.19	1.66	1.86
5.	Maize	1.13	2.40	1.25
6.	Ragi	-0.45	1.17	1.63
7.	Small Millets	-2.26	-2.06	0.21
8.	Barley	-3.26	-1.42	1.90
9.	Coarse Cereals	-0.60	1.05	1.55
10.	Total Cereals	0.46	2.89	2.04
11.	Gram	-0.58	0.13	0.72
12.	Tur	0.96	0.83	-0.12
13.	Other Pulses	0.46	0.92	0.46
14.	Total Pulses	0.16	0.58	0.46
	Total Foodgrains	0.40	2.50	1.76

1949-50 ~ 1964-65
Area	Production	Yield
1.21	3.50	2.25
2.69	3.98	1.27
0.99	2.51	1.49
1.08	2.34	1.24
2.67	3.88	1.18
0.84	3.08	2.22
-0.30	0.09	-3.97
-0.64	-0.28	0.36
0.90	2.25	1.23
1.25	3.21	1.77
1.64	2.66	1.00
0.57	-1.34	-1.90
2.06	1.28	-0.77
1.72	1.41	-0.18
1.35	2.82	1.36

1989-90 ~ 1998-99*
Area	Production	Yield
0.63	2.84	2.26
1.50	4.54	2.99
-1.55	0.24	1.81
-0.89	1.03	1.94
0.10	1.90	1.80
-1.12	0.66	1.81
-3.31	-3.31	0.68
-4.82	-2.42	2.53
-1.40	0.57	1.93
0.00	2.85	2.37
-0.39	0.32	0.72
1.34	1.38	0.04
0.17	0.38	1.21
0.15	0.95	0.76
0.03	2.59	2.15

*	:	Provisional for Non-Foodgrains and all Crops
Source	:	Agricultural Statistics at a Glance - 2000, Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, New Delhi, April-2000.