Agriculture plays an important role in rural development. Rice is the more popular staple food of more than 80 per cent of the world population. It contributes 42 per cent of the total food production in India. The present study is based on secondary time series data. The compound growth rates, instability and standard cost concepts were use for the present study. It concluded that the compound growth rates for area were positive for all most all the district of EVZ except Gondia. The growth rates of area were below one per cent indicates that paddy is the traditional crop in study area. The study was undertaken to examine the growth and extent of deviation from planned acreage. |
