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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of the present research is to look into the fluctuating production  of  main  crops  grown  in  Pakistan's  Khyber  Pakhtunkhwa province.
Materials and Methods: This research utilized data covering the period from  1984  to  2014  from  the  Khyber  Pakhtunkhwa,  Pakistan,  crop reporting agency as a secondary source. Wheat,  maize, sugarcane, and rice  production  statistics  are  evaluated  to  determine  the  growth  and variability of main food crops. The cubic growth model is shown to be the best suited model for wheat, sugarcane, and rice, In the case of maize, the power growth model has been found as being the most suitable.
Results: The findings of the data analysis revealed that growth for all key food crops is considerable, with calculated values of growth for wheat, maize, sugarcane, and rice being 10.96 percent, 8%, 45.31 percent, and 1.19 percent, respectively. The cuddy Della-vella index was also used to calculate the variability of main food crops. The variability in important food  crops,  such  as  wheat,  maize,  sugarcane,  and  rice,  is  found  to  be 1.53%,  1.23%,  0.44%,  and  0.79%,  respectively,  utilizing  the  results  of studied data. As an outcome of the studied data, it can be inferred that the expansion of key food crops is accompanied by an increase in production over time, and that this is attributable to the employment of enhanced high-quality seeds as well as advanced new technology.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that there has been serious change in the production of key food crops, however wheat crop variability is slightly more than some other food crops such as sugarcane and maize.