Second is the decreasing percentage of paddy share in the gross value of agricultural production The time series on rice production value and gross production value of agriculture, which was obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for 1961–2008, revealed that from a high of 30.9% in 1963, the percentage share of rice decreased to 19% in 2008. In this period, both production values showed a slow decreasing trend following almost the same pattern.