Abstract

The present study is conducted with a view to analyze growth rate of paddy crop in 27 districts of Chhattisgarh. For the purpose of study secondary data of area, production and productivity of paddy crop in 27 districts of Chhattisgarh state was downloaded from Directorate of Economics and Statistic, Department of Agriculture Ministry and Farmer Welfare, Govt. of India. The study was conducted for a period of 23 years (2000-2023). As new districts were formed in 2011 from older districts. So, we bifurcate 23 years into two decades from 2000- 2010 and 2011-2023. The compound growth rate (CGR) and Simple growth rate (SGR) were analyzed for paddy crop for the same period. In the study significant variations in the growth rate among 27 districts were observed. paddy showing highly significant increasing production and productivity in janjgir-champa district with value 10.70 and 10.21, while area exhibited non-significant for 1st decade and significantly decreasing growth rate for 2nd decade. Kabirdham district showed highly significant growth rate for area followed by Bemetara with value 3.72 and 3.33 for paddy crop. On comparison between before and after bifurcation of districts. The result also depicted that Bastar and Rajnandgaon were found significantly increasing growth rate for productivity of paddy.