@article{Kazal:200220,
      recid = {200220},
      author = {Kazal, M.Mizanul Haque},
      title = {SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISPARITIES IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT -  A STUDY ON MAJOR STATES AND ALL INDIA},
      journal = {Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2005-12-31},
      number = {454-2016-36538},
      series = {XXXVIII},
      pages = {15},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {The issue of widening regional disparities is a growing  concern for balanced development across the states as a  development strategy. But, the balanced agricultural  development is retarded due to wide regional disparity. In  view of this, the study has attempted to measure the  spatio-temporal disparities by constructing the composite  agricultural development index (CADI) of the 17 major  states and all India by assigning different weights to the  indicators of agricultural development. This study also  attempts to classify states according to their status of  agricultural development. Wide disparities in the level of  agricultural development had been observed across the  states. But the coefficient of variation showed the  declining trend indicating a convergent trend in the  inter-state levels of agricultural development and  narrowing down the disparities level across the states.  Most of the states progressed between the early period of  Green Revolution (1971-72) and the period of post Green  Revolution (1985-86). It was observed that the states had  changed their relative rank and absolute indices but  holding the same category all the period except Assam,  Jammu and Kashmir and Maharastra. The large imbalances  exist in the agricultural development indicators across the  states, which is the barrier for accentuating balanced  development. Thus, for minimizing the inter-state  disparities and to promote the balanced agricultural  development, the resources should be distributed on the  basis of equity, efficiency, productivity and  sustainability.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/200220},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.200220},
}