Absolute and Relative Growth and Instability in Area, Production and Productivity of Black gram in Different Agro-climatic Regions of Madhya Pradesh

The study based entirely on secondary data from the period covering 25-year from 1998–99 to 2022–23. The result indicate that, the change in blackgram area and production significant increase observed in Vindhyan Plateau with an augmentation of 431.91 thousand hectares and 253.66 thousand metric tons respectively. Change in blackgram productivity across various agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh had its maximum rise observed in the Kymore Plateau with 6803.33 Kg/ha. Overall period, the stability of blackgram area under cultivation recorded significant variability among the agroclimatic zones. Northern hill region of Chhattisgarh (12.92%) emerged as the most stable zone. Production and productivity observed considerable volatility Kymore Plateau (18.66%) and Malwa Plateau (5.86%) displayed the most consistent productivity.