Trends and Growth Performance in Area, Production and Productivity of Four Common Major Crops of Pakistan and India

Abstract

The study analyzed and compared the growth rates of area, production and productivity of common major crops of Pakistan and India from 1984 85 to 2008 09. It reveals that in Pakistan the increase in the production growth rate of rice, wheat and sugarcane were due to increase both in its area and productivity, but productivity growth rate contributed more as compared to increase in its area growth, while for cottonseed area and productivity growth contributed equally. The study also confirms that in India the increase in the production growth of rice and wheat were due to increase both in its area and productivity growth but productivity contributed more than area. The study also confirms that area growth rate of rice and cottonseed for Pakistan increased by more percentage per annum as compared to India. The study also concludes that the area growth rate of wheat and sugarcane increased by more percentage for India as compared to Pakistan. The major finding of this study is that as far as production and productivity growth rates are concerned, it increased by more percentage for all the crops of Pakistan as compared to Indian crops.

Keywords

• Growth rates
• technology-based growth in productivity
• research and extension services
• favorable price incentives
• HYVs
• negative area positive productivity