Growth and Instability of Major Crops Area in Wardha District of Maharashtra State

Periodic Research ( P: ISSN No. 2231-0045 RNI No. UPBIL/2012/55438 VOL. -6, ISSUE-1, August - 2017 E: ISSN No. 2349-9435 ) Abstract Madhuri K Manwar Research Scholar, Deptt.of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, MS S C Nagpure Assistant Professor, Deptt.of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, MS Policy decisions are often made based on the growth rates of area which depend on the nature and structure of the data and instability of area in farm production. The present investigation was undertaken to study the growth and instability of major crops area in selected tahsils of Wardha district for the period of 10 years from 2005- 06 to 2014-15 for Arvi, Ashti, Devali and Samudrapur tahsils of Wardha diatrict. Compound growth rates of major crops were computed to study their growth of area under selected crops in selected tahsils. Coefficient of variation and C...