Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

The Economic Study of Structural Growth of Agriculture Under Globalization in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh

Dr. V. Subramanyam, Dr. M. Raghava Reddy

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Agriculture in India contributed to 14.1 per cent of Gross Domestic Product at constant (2004-05) prices during the year 2011-12. Its share in total employment according to 2001 censes continued to be as high as 58.2 per cent. The growth target of agriculture in the Eleventh as well as Twelfth five years plans has been mentioned at 4 per cent, though the actual growth rate of agriculture in India was at 2.5 per cent. In this context, it is imperative to know the structural growth rates at the District evel, Regional level and State level. Considering this the authors in their paper studied the structural growth of agriculture in Chittoor Distric, Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh and India. The Annual compound growth rate of population in Chittoor District was 1.4 per cent. Nearly 68 per cent of the workers were engaged in agriculture sector in Chittoor District during the year 1991 and thereafter the same was gradually declined to 27 per cent. 62 per cent of population depended on agriculture in Chittoor District. The total irrigated area during the 1979 was 1,55.110 hectares, of which wells occupied 52 per cent and tanks had share of 41 per cent. agricultural use was nearly 10 per cent in the year 2008. Net sown area comprised nearly 26 per cent of the total geographical area in Chittoor District. Nearly 60 per cent of the farmers in the District belong to small and marginal farmers category, whereas large constituted only 4 per cent. The share of food crops was 51 per cent, which was nearly equal to non-food crops (49 per cent). Rice, groundnut and sugarcane were the principle crops of the District. The growth rates of principle crops were worked out considering the two periods ie., Pre- Globalization period (1980-94) and Post-Globalization period (1995-2009) .The compound growth rates of these crops in respect of area were negative by and large, but yield growth rates were positive and slightly increased due to new technologies adopted by the farmers. Similarly, the growth rates of principle crops in respect of area, yield and production variables were worked out in Rayalaseema region, Andhra Pradesh and India. Finally, suitable measures to accelerate growth rates in principle crops were indicated in their research paper.

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Dr. V. Subramanyam, Dr. M. Raghava Reddy The Economic Study of Structural Growth of Agriculture Under Globalization in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 8 August 2013

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