Growth rate of Paddy crop in Dharmapuri District of Tamilnadu
1*V. Pounraj and 2R. Kumar
1*V. Pounraj and 2R. Kumar
ABSTRACT
India is the world’s second-largest producer of rice and the largest exporter of rice in the world. Production increased from 53.6 million tons in 1980 to 120 million tons in 2022-23. Rice is the basic food crop and being a tropical plant, it flourishes comfortably in a hot and humid climate. Rice is mainlygrown in rain-fed areas that receive heavy annual rainfall. That is why it is fundamentallya kharif crop in India. In some states like West Bengal, Assam, and Orissa two crops of rice are raised in a year. Almost all parts of India are suitable for raising rice during the summer season provided that water is available. The Objective of the study was to analysis the growth in Area, Production, and ProductivityofPaddyCultivation in Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu. The studyConcluded That the compound growth rate of area, production and productivity for Tamil Nadu was 0.10%, 1.30% and 1.20% respectively, the compound growth rate of area, production and productivity for Dharmapuri District was -3.68%, -1.30% and 2.20% respectively. The state compound growth rate was positive and increasing for paddy crop, Dharmapuri District has negative trend in area and production Due to drought and unavailability of water resources, but productivity was positive trend 2.20% per cent increasing for paddy cultivation.