Level of agricultural productivity in North Western Haryana: A spatio-temporal study

Pages: 732-735
Satpal Kumar (Jaharveer Goga Ji Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Chhani Bari, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan)

The present paper is an attempt to find out the spatial and temporal variation in the level of agricultural productivity during 1998-99 to 2015-16 in Northwestern Haryana. The district wise time series data has been obtained from secondary sources. District wise agricultural productivity has been calculated with the help of Bhalla and Tyagi method, (1989). To assess the temporal change in the level of agricultural productivity annual compound growth rate has been calculated. There has been an impressive growth in agricultural productivity in Northwestern Haryana during last two decades. In 1998-01 land productivity in Northwestern Haryana was Rs. 75131 per ha while in rest of Haryana it was Rs. 74497 per ha. Later on land productivity increased all over Haryana and in 2015-16 Northwestern Haryana again recorded higher land productivity in comparison to rest of Haryana. Northwestern Haryana achieved a growth rate of 2.41 percent per annum in productivity during last two decades while in rest of Haryana it was 1.81 percent per annum.