Climate is a complex phenomenon and continuously changes spatially and temporally affecting agriculture. Even with minor deviations from the normal weather, significant changes happened in the crop production and productivity. Many studies have been reported on trend analysis of rainfall and temperature in different parts of India. (Kumar and Sani 2010; Rai. et al. 2010; Patra et al 2012) . But no work has been done for this region, hence this study was undertaken. The rainfall and temperature

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... rend have been investigated using parametric and non-parametric statistical tests for the period 1971 to 2010 data of Tawa command area of Madhya Pradesh, obtained from IMD Pune. Rainfall characteristics and trend The mean annual rainfall in the command is 1174.8 mm with dependable rainfall (at probability of 75%)of 989.6 mm and low coefficient of variation (27.9%).The mean annual rainfall in the region showed an insignificant declining