Dr. Y. C. ZalaDHUMISANI MOYO2017-05-162017-05-162012http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810011236The present investigation was conducted to study the growth rates and instability indices in production, area, productivity and export of cotton, the components of output growth and the relationship among production, export and price of cotton in the major cotton producing countries. To achieve the objectives, the secondary data related to area, production, productivity and export of the major cotton producing countries (China, India, USA, Pakistan, Brazil and Australia) were collected from different published sources covering a period of 29 years i.e.1980-81 to 2009-10. The analyses were carried out country wise separately for the five specific periods viz., overall study period (1980-81 to 2009-10), pre-liberalization period (1980-81 to 1993-94), post-liberalization period (1995-96 to 2009-10), pre-Bt introduction period (1995-96 to 2001-02) and post-Bt introduction period (2002-03 to 2009-10).enAgricultural EconomicsStudyThesis