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Emerging
Crisis in Punjab Agriculture
Statistical
Data
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Table
3: Instability in
Yield, Gross Return and Farm Harvest Price of Different Crops
in Punjab, 1972-73 to 1991-92
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Paddy
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Maize
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Cotton
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Wheat
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Rapeseed/
Mustard
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Potato
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Sugarcane
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Yield
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10
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20
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26
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7
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7
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21
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27
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Return
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19
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33
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41
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10
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29
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44
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40
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Price
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21
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23
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27
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8
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31
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31
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39
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Note:
Instability in the variable say (Y) is computed by taking
standard deviations of [ln (Yt/Yt-1)],
which shows average deviation from the trend line LnYt=bo+b1T+et.
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