TREND ANALYSIS OF AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF MAIZE IN INDIA

Y.B. UNJIA¹, Y.A. LAD², M. SATHISH KUMAR³, A.B. MAHERA⁴*
¹International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
²International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
³International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
⁴International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : drashish.mahera@gmail.com

Received : 02-09-2021     Accepted : 27-09-2021     Published : 30-09-2021
Volume : 13     Issue : 9       Pages : 10880 - 10882
Int J Agr Sci 13.9 (2021):10880-10882

Keywords : Maize, Area, production and productivity, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Trend analysis
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

In India, maize is emerging as the third most important crop after rice and wheat. Maize is one of the most widely distributed crops in the world and it contributes to food stock in most of the developing nations. It is used directly for human consumption, animal feed, corn starch industry, corn oil production, baby corn and in industrially processing foods. India is the fifth largest producers of maize in the world and contributes 2.5 percent of the global production and has 4.87 percent of the global area. Maize can be cultivated in both kharif and rabi season. The secondary data of area, production and productivity of maize between the periods 1990-91 to 2018-19 was collected from Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India. The collected data was analyzed by using of descriptive statistics and linear growth rates (Compound Annual Growth Rate). The study revealed that area and production of maize has been increasing. The productivity of maize is drastically increasing due to availability of high yielding varieties of seeds and new technologies in cultivation methods

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