Sources of Recent Growth in Rice and wheat output

Wheat Output Deepak Ahluwalia This paper measures the sources of growth in output in the two principal foodgrains, wheat and rice, over the period 1970-71 to 1983-84. The major producing states are considered individually as well as on the aggregate. The analysis is conducted in two parts. The first part analyses growth from point-to-point in the 'peak' years of foodgrain production