Performance of Crop Sector in Gujarat during High Growth Period: Some Explorations
| dc.creator | Mehta, Niti | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:24:33Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T06:36:57Z | |
| dc.description | The share of agricultural sector in Gujarat’s net domestic product has declined to less than one-fifth, indicating that the state economy is witnessing a structural transformation. Post-liberalization, cropping pattern has favoured wheat, cotton, spices, fruits, vegetables, floriculture and medicinal plants. Despite a secular decline in the share of agricultural sector and sharp fluctuations in its output and income, the decade of 2000s could mark a very high growth phase. Economywide gross domestic product had shown a structural break in 2002-03, giving credence to the notion that agricultural sector has been the driving force behind acceleration of the overall economic growth. After 2000-01, unprecedented increase in physical output and monetary value of crops has been attained. Adoption of high-yielding varieties of food crops and Bt cotton have been the main factors behind the revolutionary growth. However, factors responsible for fluctuations in output of these crops need a careful attention. Technological advancement needs to encompass a wider range of crops as to moderate negative deviations in output, and calls for a scientific approach to sustain the high growth trajectory. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.137372 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/137372/files/2-N-Mehta.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/137372 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/578710 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/137372 | |
| dc.title | Performance of Crop Sector in Gujarat during High Growth Period: Some Explorations | |
| dc.type | Text |