Title: An economic analysis of trends in agriculture sector in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu: Evidence of secondary data
Abstract: Present study made an attempt to analyze the trends of agricultural sector in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu for a decade (During 1998–99 to 2010–11) with the evidence of secondary sources of information which was obtained from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. This study finds that the area production of all major crops has come down in an alarming rate during the study periods. It is observed that the quantity production of cereals was 20 percent in 1998–99 and it has increased to 38 percent in 2009–10. The quantity production of commercial crops is estimated at 78 percent in 1998–99. It has declined to 61 percent in 2009–10. Due to modernization and mechanization in agriculture the use of wooden ploughs has reduced from 65.4 percent in 1992 to around 47 percent in 2004. Whereas the use of iron ploughs was increased from 13.1 to 17.2 percent during the same periods. The study is also observed that the availability of cattle population in 1992 was 32.2 percent to the total livestock population and it has gradually declined to 23.5 percent in 2004 in Madurai district. The growth of buffaloes is also showing a continuous decline of 8.15 percent to 1.8 percent from 1992 to 2004
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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