Growth Performance of Rice in Green Revolution Belt of India: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis

The present study was conducted to analyze the rice cultivation scenario in Punjab from 1994-95 to 2015-16.The study was based on secondary data collected from various sources.Study showed that growth rate of area, production, yield, area under HYV and irrigation was much higher in period I (1994-04) than in period II .Among the districts Sangrur had the highest growth rate in yield and in terms of area and production Muktsar had highest growth rate in overall studied period i.e. period III (1994-16).Sangrur and Amritsar was among the top three districts in terms of both area under rice cultivation and production.The coefficient of variable GCA had positive and significant effect on growth of area, production and yield.Rainfall (R) and literacy rate (LR) had positive and significant effect in growth of area.Fertilizer consumption (FC) had negative and significant effect in terms of growth of area and positive and significant effect in terms of growth of yield.Highlights m Area, production, yield of rice and irrigated land showed significant positive growth rate throughout the study period.m District wise also same scenario is observed.m Sangrur district had highest growth rate in terms of area and production.m Gross cultivable area is the only variable which is positively effecting area, production and yield of rice.