Pantnagar Journal of Research

Abstract

Indian agriculture has made good progress, especially in the case of wheat and rice in irrigated areas. However, performance has not been so good in terms of oilseeds and pulses. Therefore, to achieve self-sufficiency, a focus needs to be placed on crop groups like oilseeds and pulses other than cereals. The present study, therefore, focuses on the scenario of oilseeds and pulses in India, as well as their trend and growth in terms of area, production, and productivity over the years. The time series data on the area, production and productivity of total oilseeds and pulses grown in the country was collected from secondary sources like the Department of Agriculture, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, website of India stat, etc. The time period for the present study was taken from 1970-71 to 2022-23. The time period was further divided into four parts viz., 1970-71 to 1987 88, 1988-89 to 2005-06, 2006-07 to 2022-23 and the overall time period from 1970-71 to 2022-23. To examine the temporal performance of oilseed and pules in the country in terms of area, production and productivity, the compound annual growth rate was estimated using the exponential growth function.