Open AccessA Review of Emerging Trends and Patterns of Select Crops of Assam ,
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
addaiyan journal of arts humanaties and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8783
DOI - 10.36099/ajahss.3.3.4
Subject(s) - staple food , productivity , agriculture , indian subcontinent , agricultural economics , agrarian society , geography , agricultural productivity , production (economics) , food processing , population , business , economics , biology , economic growth , ancient history , demography , food science , macroeconomics , archaeology , sociology , history
Being a part of the Indian Subcontinent, Assam is predominantly an agrarian economy and has an excellent potential for growingfood grains and non-food grains provided with propitious physiographicformations. More than 75 percent of the state’s population rely eitherdirectly or indirectly on this sector who resides mainly in rural areas.Amongst all other food grains and non-food grains, rice, wheat, pulses, andedible oil are considered to be the staple and necessary agricultural items inthe region. These crops have significant implications in India’sinternational trade too. Keeping these facts in mind the paper tries to discussthe growth performance of these four staples and tradable agriculturalcommodities during the time span of 2001-02 to 2014-15. The trend andpattern of production, productivity, and area under cultivation of thesecrops shows that except rice, the performance of wheat, pulses, and oilseedsare not that satisfactory and needs major policy changes to improve further.