A Study of Growth and Fluctuation in Crop Output in India during Post Green Revolution Period

The present paper examines statewise (i) growth rates and fluctuations in terms of total agricultural production in India during 1970-1971 to 2000-2001; (ii) relationship between growth and fluctuation; (iii) decomposition of output growth into area growth and productivity growth; and (iv) factors influencing output growth and fluctuation during the post green revolution period. The broad findings of this study include: (i) a tendency towards deceleration in the growth of total agricultural production in India in recent years; (ii) tolerable impact of green revolution on crop-output fluctuation; (iii) absence of definite pattern with regard to the association between growth and fluctuation, and; (iv) the major driving force behind the output growth and fluctuation being productivity hence technological improvement.