Trends of Rainfall and Rice Yield of Cities in Punjab

Abstract

India, and specifically Punjab, has been one of the major players in the rice trade, and its exports can be considered a necessity. However, at the same time, climate change has played an important role in changing the production of agricultural crops. We know that climate change has caused an impact on temperature of different regions, precipitation, and monsoon patterns. This research paper aims to find the trend relation between precipitation and rice yield of the five most important cities of Punjab. Additionally, this data was collected till the year 2011, and compared the trend over the years using the Mann-Kendall Test.