406
B. Abirami and P. Kumar
1951 -1960
-1970
1961
1971 -1980
-1990
1981
1991 -2000 2001 -2010 2011 -2018
-4.00
-3.00
-2.00
-1.00
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
Compound Annual Growth Rate of APY of Chickpeas
AREA
PRODUCTION
YIELD
Graph 1 Compound annual growth rate (%) in National Chickpea area, production and yield
6.1.1 Northern Zone
During the period before Green Revolution, Chickpeas were widely cultivated in
Northern states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. Larger areas of land in these
states were occupied for the cultivation of pulses, especially chickpeas. As green
revolution started during 1965, the total crop area under chickpeas in these states
started decreasing (Fig. 1 and Graph 2). One major reason for this decreasing trend
was the improved irrigation facilities in the northern states which made them to shift
from rain fed chickpeas cultivation to more water intensive crops like wheat and
rice which yielded much better profit compared to chickpeas. It is seen from Fig. 1
that total area under chickpeas declined incessantly whereas the slope of decline was
much steeper right from the beginning of 1960s until the end of 1990s. The decline
started phasing out in the early 2000s and there is slight up-turn visible after the mid
2010s.
Fig. 1 Total area under Chickpeas cultivation (000’ha) in Northern Zone (1964–2016)
B. Abirami and P. Kumar
1951 -1960
-1970
1961
1971 -1980
-1990
1981
1991 -2000 2001 -2010 2011 -2018
-4.00
-3.00
-2.00
-1.00
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
Compound Annual Growth Rate of APY of Chickpeas
AREA
PRODUCTION
YIELD
Graph 1 Compound annual growth rate (%) in National Chickpea area, production and yield
6.1.1 Northern Zone
During the period before Green Revolution, Chickpeas were widely cultivated in
Northern states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. Larger areas of land in these
states were occupied for the cultivation of pulses, especially chickpeas. As green
revolution started during 1965, the total crop area under chickpeas in these states
started decreasing (Fig. 1 and Graph 2). One major reason for this decreasing trend
was the improved irrigation facilities in the northern states which made them to shift
from rain fed chickpeas cultivation to more water intensive crops like wheat and
rice which yielded much better profit compared to chickpeas. It is seen from Fig. 1
that total area under chickpeas declined incessantly whereas the slope of decline was
much steeper right from the beginning of 1960s until the end of 1990s. The decline
started phasing out in the early 2000s and there is slight up-turn visible after the mid
2010s.
Fig. 1 Total area under Chickpeas cultivation (000’ha) in Northern Zone (1964–2016)