Trend and Overall Growth Analysis of Rubber Cultivation in Kerala | Chapter 11 | Current Perspective to Economics and Management Vol. 2
In the present century also,
agriculture is the main source of livelihood for majority of the people of
Kerala. But agricultural sector is under the big threat of economic reforms
like liberalization and modernization of economy. The agrarian economy of Kerala could not
exclude from the drastic hitting of the liberalization, privatization and
globalization reforms; farmers of the state began to think that there is no
other way to sustain their life. The statistical profile of Kerala agriculture
in the last five decades experienced agricultural transformation. In this
change, plantation crops increased considerably. Changing cropping pattern in
terms of acreage allocation among different crops is the integral feature of
Kerala agrarian economy. The diversification of crops in terms of variation in
acreage allocation has taken place due to price and non-price factors like
agro-climatic conditions, labour availability, irrigation facilities, soil
fertility, cost of cultivation, price levels, profitability, mechanisation,
etc. The change has taken place largely in favour of non-food crops and
recently it is towards rubber. The real growth of agricultural crop output has
declined continuously since 1960-61 compared to monetary growth. In the case of
rubber, the crop exhibited positive values in all the components in the
decomposition analysis.
Author(s) Details
Dr. N. Karunakaran
Department of Economics,
EKNM Government College Elerithattu, 671314, Nilishwar, Kasaragod, Kerala,
India.
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