Manjunath, VAMARESH2017-09-072017-09-072016-07-15Th-11348http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810030634The study was conducted to analyse the broiler production of Karnataka State with the help of time series data for a period of 19 years from 1996-97 to 2014-15 and to know the causes for its disparity among the districts, the district wise data pertaining to 13 indicator variables for the period of 12 years from 2003-04 to 2014-15 were utilized. The state experienced progressive increase in broiler meat production during the study period. The growth of broiler production is not uniform across all the districts of the state. Hence an attempt was made to construct growth models separately by grouping the districts based on their production as well as administrative divisions. The different polynomial and exponential models were found to be more suitable for the broiler meat production in different groups and also for the divisions. The most appropriate model was determined by using coefficient of determination (R2) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) criteria. The disparity analysis using composite index computed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) indicates that there was a wide disparity in broiler production among the districts of Karnataka state during the study period and the inference is supported by Kendall’s coefficient of concordance. Based on the eigen values of PCA for each districts revealed that area under irrigated land, area under maize and area under pulses in agriculture sector, whereas number of veterinary institutions and road length in the infrastructure sector were found to be the main causes for the disparity in broiler production among the districts of Karnataka State.ennullThesis