Recent Trends in Area, Production and Productivity of Rapeseed and Mustard and Chickpea in Haryana and India

Author: Sandeep Kumar, V.P. Luhach and Deepak Kumar

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Abstract

Rapeseed and mustard and chickpea are essential oilseed and pulse crops in India providing a reliable source of human nourishment and serving as a key component of climate-resilient agricultural systems. The spread of rapeseed-mustard and chickpea cultivation to fresh areas under alternative cropping systems, as well as an integrated approach to plant-water, nutrient, and pest management, will play a major role in further boosting and stabilizing the productivity and production of these crops. The present study was carried out with the objectives to analyze the trend in area, production and productivity of rapeseed & mustard and chickpea. The outcomes of study revealed an increasing trend in the area, production and productivity of rapeseed & mustard at the national level with CAGR values of 0.14, 2.17 and 1.92 per cent, respectively. Whereas, in Haryana, the trend in area indicated increasing trend 0.05 per cent, while production and productivity illustrated increasing trend with CAG

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Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), Chickpea, Growth rate, Productivity, Rapeseed and mustard, Recent trends

Conclusion

This study was designed to find out the growth and trends of area, production and productivity of rapeseed & mustard and chickpea in Haryana as well as India from the secondary data for a period from 1995-96 to 2019-20. This shows that the area, production and productivity growth trends of rapeseed and mustard in Haryana was positive. In case of chickpea, the area and production growth trends of chickpea in Haryana were negative while in productivity growth trend was positive. But in case of India, the area, production and productivity trends of rapeseed & mustard and chickpea are positive.

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INTRODUCTION Rapeseed & mustard is the key source of income mainly for the marginal and small farmers in rain-fed areas. Thus this crop is cultivated mainly in the rain-fed and resource vulnerable regions of the country, their effect to livelihood safety of the small and marginal farmers in these regions are also very important (Shekhawat et al., 2012). Despite the high quality of pulses and oilseeds and their adaptability to a wide range of agro-climatic conditions, India's area, production, and yield have been fluctuating due to biotic and abiotic stresses, including the country's domestic price support programme (Kumar et al., 2016; Kumar et al., 2018). Indian mustard is mainly cultivated in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat which contribute 81.50 per cent area and 87.50 per cent production (Meena and Hosmaani, 2012; Agarwal, 1988). Chickpea is an important pulse crop grown and consumed all over the world, mainly in the Afro Asian Countrie

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Sandeep Kumar, V.P. Luhach and Deepak Kumar (2021). Recent Trends in Area, Production and Productivity of Rapeseed and Mustard and Chickpea in Haryana and India. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(4): 1292-1302