RESEARCH PAPER

Economics

Volume : 4 | Issue : 2 | Feb 2014 | ISSN - 2249-555X

An Economic analysis of Trends in Agriculture Growth and Production in India
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Ramachandra Murthy K
Research Scholar DOS in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore, Mysore

Anand C
Research Scholar, DOS in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore, Mysore

Manjuprasad C
Research Scholar, DOS in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore, Mysore

ABSTRACT The present paper examines the performance of Trends of Agriculture growth and production in India. And also The paper has shown the growth and production has significantly increased from during the last three decades and also highlight the performance of the Indian agriculture growth is also increased over the period of time the present paper mainly focused on the secondary sources with help of the statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, covariance, CGR, regression methods has been used for study purpose. Introduction India has made impressive strides on the agricultural front during the past three decades. Much of the credit for this success should go to the several million small farming families that form the backbone of Indian agriculture and Indian economy. Policy support, production strategies, public investment in infrastructure, research and extension for crop, livestock and fisheries have significantly helped in increasing the agricultural productivity, food production and its availability. Notwithstanding these achievements, producing additional food with limited land, and providing economic access to food at the household level for ensuring food security would continue to be a major challenge for the nation. India has experienced considerable changes in the crop mix, yield and production since the inception of the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution phase displayed a