Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology

Yawatmal is among the major Soybean producing districts in the Maharashtra state. In year 2021-22, Yawatmal contributed to 6.26 per cent of total area under Soybean cultivation and 5.23 per cent of total production of Soybean in Maharashtra which is among the largest producer states of Soybean crop in India. The present research was aims at analysing the changes in soybean production. The study was carried out in Yawatmal district of Maharashtra for the period of 15 years from 2007-08 to 2021-22. The study used time series secondary data on area, production and Yield of Soybean in Yawatmal district collected from authorized government sources. The additive model of decomposition was used to determine the drivers behind the production of Soybean in Yawatmal district of Maharashtra through contribution of each of area and yield effect over the change in production viz., increase/decrease in Soybean production was studied. In the present study it was revealed that, the yield effect was the major contributing factor during the overall study period which was observed from the average annual growth rate of 15.04 percent and the contribution of 85.58 percent by yield of Soybean crop in Yawatmal district of Maharashtra. Whereas the average annual growth in area was observed to be negative at -2.92 percent with the contribution of 14.42 percent over the study period both collectively resulted in the average annual growth of Production to be 12.12 percent. The crop was found to have unstable yield over the years and more often the yield derived was very low from the very high coefficient of variations. The present study concluded that, the change in Soybean production was due to the yield effect in Yawatmal district of Maharashtra throughout the study period and the suggestions were made to increasing and stabilizing the yield of Soybean crop to improve the overall performance of Soybean in Maharashtra.