The research was undertaken to study the spatio-temporal variation in agricultural development in Karnataka. The shift in area of the five major food groups in Karnataka within ten years. The research was based on secondary data of ten years (2005-06 to 2014- 15) on area of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables and others in Karnataka from different sources like DES Bangalore and websites. The statistical tool used for analysis is Markov Chain. The analysis of shift in area of groups was shown that the highest retention area was noticed in oilseeds fallowed by cereals, others, pulses and fruits. Less retention of area was noticed in case of vegetables and vegetables lost its major area to pulses. Fruits lost its major area to others. | District-disparities of agricultural development in Karnataka India
