Growth of Chickpea in Bundelkhand Region of Madhya Pradesh

An attempt has been made to evaluate the growth performance of chickpea production in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh during 1970-71 to 1994-95. The findings of the study revealed that all the districts of the region experienced positive growth rates of area, production and productivity of chickpea during the reference period. Tikamgarh district showed higher growth rate under area of chickpea while Datia district ranked first in growth of yield. Coefficient of variation analysis indicated that variability was highest in production and it was due to increased yield variability associated with nominal acreage variability of chickpea crop. Efforts should be made for both increasing and stabilising yield. Results of the component analysis showed that yield was the major contributor in production than the area in Datia and Tikamgarh district.