Trends in Production, Price Fluctuations of Ginger in Telangana and Five Major Ginger Producing States in India

Author: Nandam Komala, P. Radhika, D. Srinivasa Reddy and K. Supriya

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Abstract

Ginger rhizome is one of the major spices grown and consumed in India. India is the leading country in production and area of ginger having a share of 43.1 and 43. 6 per cent in the world. The present study was carried out considering Telangana as the study area. Though the farmers in Telangana are very much interested in cultivating ginger and are adopting it, they are discouraged by high costs of production and huge price fluctuations due to which farmers could not get expected returns. So the present study was conducted in Telangana along with five major ginger producing states in India for a period of 10 years from 2011 to 2020 and analyzed the trends in production and price fluctuations by using CAGR and percentages tools. The study revealed that there was a positive per cent increase in the production of ginger in all the considered states but compared to other states Telangana showed less growth rate ( CAGR of 2.19 per cent) in production as the area and productivity under ginger cultivation remained almost the same over the years. In case of trends in price fluctuations in all the states there is a positive per cent increase in price of ginger over the study period even though there were huge price fluctuations due to various factors year on year.

Keywords

Ginger production, price fluctuations, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Trends, Ginger prices, Telangana

Conclusion

From the present study it can be noticed that the increase in production of ginger during the period 2011-2020 in Telangana was not even half of the increase in production in Assam, which had the lowest CAGR among the five major ginger producing states in India. Compared to other states Telangana showed less growth rate in production as the area and productivity under ginger cultivation remained almost the same over the years. Whereas even though there was a positive per cent increase in prices over the study period in all the considered states, there are huge per cent positive and negative changes in ginger prices due to various factors.

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Nandam Komala, P. Radhika, D. Srinivasa Reddy and K. Supriya (2023). Trends in Production, Price Fluctuations of Ginger in Telangana and Five Major Ginger Producing States in India. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 346-349.