International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

Agriculture is indispensable for the nutrition and development of the Indian economy. On an average, about 70 percent of households and 10 percent of the urban population depend on agriculture as their source of livelihood. India ranks second after China in the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, with horticultural crops contributing about 28 percent of India's gross domestic product (GDP). Agriculture is also exported in substantial quantities and provides important inputs to food industries. The main flowers of India are marigold, rose, tuberose, chrysanthemum, gladiolus etc. This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the overall growth rate of the region., Production and productivity of major crops of India. The study found that the decline in the area of flower cultivation is due to various reasons such as farmers are not giving importance to flowers like other crops, cost of cultivation is increasing and net returns are decreasing etc. and CGR of production and yield. It is positive so production will increase in future. The Chhattisgarh growth rate are increased in flower cultivation that indicate positively. The growth rates of production and productivity of major flowers Marigold, Rose, Tuberose and Gladiolus were found to be 0.12, and 0.06, 0.31, and 0.29, 0.07, and 0.09, 0.25 and 0.25 percent, respectively, in Chhattisgarh. And at the same time India's CAGR is also increasing.