Table 2. Periodic growth rate (%) of Aus, Aman, Boro and total rice cultivation area at the regional level.
| Region | Aus | Aman | Boro | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PI | PII | PIII | WP | CV (%) | PI | PII | PIII | WP | CV (%) | PI | PII | PIII | WP | CV (%) | PI | PII | PIII | WP | CV (%) | |
| Barishal | -0.96 | 1.63** | -1.15 | -0.43* | 14.03 | 0.41 | 0.12 | 0.60 | 0.10 | 3.25 | 3.05 | 8.16** | -0.10 | 4.77** | 49.58 | -0.75 | 0.58 | -1.31* | 0.20* | 5.56 |
| Bogura | -18.29** | -2.03* | 0.55 | -4.17** | 80.86 | -2.24 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.14 | 8.33 | 10.56** | 4.80** | 0.01 | 3.76** | 28.73 | -1.07 | 1.76* | -0.13 | 0.96* | 11.63 |
| Chattogram | -3.90* | -0.11 | -0.44 | -1.41** | 23.11 | 0.28 | 1.99 | 0.91* | 0.04 | 8.06 | 3.27** | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.52** | 8.58 | -1.57* | 0.24 | -0.19 | -0.12 | 6.78 |
| Cumilla | -6.27** | -1.96 | 3.58* | -2.58** | 30.26 | -0.57 | -4.93** | -0.29 | -1.54** | 20.43 | 7.82** | 4.21** | 0.31 | 3.15** | 26.59 | 0.86* | -0.92 | -0.59* | -0.10 | 5.38 |
| Dhaka | -7.95** | -13.12** | -8.52** | -13.84** | 97.65 | -3.91 | 2.29 | 0.29 | -0.80* | 18.11 | 5.04** | 3.46** | 0.13 | 2.61** | 23.84 | -1.81* | 0.50 | -0.86* | -0.21 | 7.50 |
| Dinajpur | -10.86** | -16.89** | 8.20 | -10.18** | 110.96 | 1.91** | 0.45 | 1.39** | 0.75** | 10.17 | 19.64** | 7.45** | 0.40 | 8.58** | 53.78 | 0.03 | 1.50* | 0.72* | 1.29* | 14.68 |
| Faridpur | -2.16 | -6.20** | -8.62** | -8.23** | 70.13 | -2.22* | -0.82 | 0.84 | -1.48** | 18.03 | 9.36** | 9.29** | -1.44** | 4.12** | 36.48 | -1.35 | -1.04 | -0.99* | -1.25* | 16.52 |
| Jashore | -4.21** | -5.21** | 2.01 | -3.64** | 47.13 | 2.96** | -2.24 | 0.39 | 0.60** | 15.15 | 16.43** | 7.33** | 0.31 | 6.68** | 44.71 | 2.02* | 0.35 | -0.18 | 0.71* | 9.69 |
| Khulna | -1.01 | -9.30** | -0.07 | -2.23** | 37.50 | 0.09 | -1.23** | -2.08** | -1.03** | 12.44 | 8.94** | 8.62** | 2.67** | 6.94** | 63.24 | -0.02 | 1.38* | -0.03 | 0.49* | 8.40 |
| Mymensingh | -6.74** | -8.49** | -6.70** | -6.71** | 67.70 | -2.21* | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.11 | 8.13 | 5.26** | 2.24** | 0.95* | 2.97** | 27.09 | -0.69 | 0.35 | -0.14 | 0.48* | 7.08 |
| Rajshahi | -4.35** | -1.20 | 2.97* | -0.37 | 31.76 | -0.71 | -0.12 | 0.43 | -0.09 | 5.32 | 12.71** | 5.78** | -0.07 | 5.01** | 36.52 | 0.39 | 1.73* | -0.09 | 1.17* | 13.03 |
| Rangamati | -3.11** | -1.03 | 2.13* | -0.56** | 11.05 | -1.66 | 5.08** | 0.70 | 2.40** | 29.39 | -1.82 | 3.83** | 1.23* | 2.84** | 35.69 | -0.01 | 3.56* | 0.74* | 2.03* | 22.74 |
| Rangpur | -11.28** | -32.49** | 29.62* | -18.43** | 132.46 | 1.19** | 0.11 | 0.94** | -0.10 | 5.28 | 13.45** | 4.94** | 1.58** | 5.71** | 41.75 | -0.93* | 0.51* | 1.29* | 0.52* | 7.87 |
| Sylhet | -2.45 | -5.72** | 4.48** | -1.87** | 26.28 | -1.41 | -1.40** | 0.78 | -0.43** | 7.98 | 1.99** | 1.26** | 0.00 | 1.46** | 19.51 | 0.72 | -1.12* | 1.99* | 0.28* | 8.19 |
| Bangladesh | -5.91** | -4.36** | 0.64 | -3.63** | 41.75 | -0.43 | -0.20 | 0.48 | -0.16* | 4.23 | 6.87** | 4.28** | 0.50 | 3.57** | 30.57 | -0.36* | 0.48 | 0.03 | 0.39* | 5.18 |
Note. Period I (PI): 1984–85 to 1995–96, Period II (PII): 1996–97 to 2007–08, Period III (PIII): 2008–09 to 2019–20, Whole Period (WP): 1984–85 to 2019–20, CV: Coefficient of variation (whole period)
**Significant at 1% level
*Significant at 5% level.