A Temporal Analysis of Diversification of Punjab Agriculture: The Role of Policy and Practice
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Author: Poonam Rani , Ajeet Kumar Sahoo , and Naresh Singla
Author Address: Doctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor Department of Economics, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, 2 Mahendergarh-123029 (Haryana) and Naresh Singla, Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Studies, Central 3 University of Punjab, Bathinda-151001
Keywords: Crop diversification, Kendall Index, output growth, temporal analysis
JEL Codes: Q18, Q19.
Abstract
Punjab's agrarian economy witnessed structural transformations under the influence of various policies and practices followed after that. The study attempted to bring out temporal changes in cropping patterns over a period of time and identify various factors responsible for the change. The study brought out that the cropping pattern had mainly shifted in favour of wheat and paddy crops, although the productivity of crops such as maize, cotton, and pulses increased over a period of time. The decline in crop diversification was primarily influenced by the increasing contribution of area and yield effects of land to the total production of crops, especially for wheat and rice crops. The study concluded that diversification could only be brought in the state
Description
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 17 No. 2, 2021, 245-255
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/21003
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics (ESCI) of WoS
Scopus: Title Accepted
NAAS Score: 5.15