Growth and Instability in Garlic Area, Production and Yield in Southern Rajasthan

Author: Sarla Meena, Latika Sharma, S.S. Burark, G.L. Meena, H.K. Jain, L.N. Dashora and H. Singh

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Abstract

Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the important horticultural crop which belong to Alliaceae family and occupies important position in bulbous spice category after onion. It has medicinal and nutritive value and widely consumed bulbous spice crops. The present study is based on secondary data. The secondary data related to area, production and yield of garlic were collected to analyze compound annual growth rate of garlic from 2008-09 to 2020-21 from various sources. The performance of garlic was analyzed by calculating growth rate and instability index in area, production and yield of garlic crop. The results of present study revealed that the area and production of garlic crop were found positive growth rate but in case of yield, it’s positive and significant growth rate during this time period. The higher growth rate and instability was registered in case of production as compared to area and yield of garlic over the period of time.

Keywords

Compound growth rate, instability index, bulbous spices, area and production, positive, significant

Conclusion

In this perspective an analysis has been made to know the growth rates of area, production and yield of garlic. The secondary data related to area, production and yield of garlic were collected from various source to analyze compound annual growth rate of garlic from 2008-09 to 2020-21. The result of the study revealed that the area, production and yield of garlic witnessed positive growth rate in Pratapgarh district. The growth rate found negative and significant growth for yield (-2.02 per cent) as compared to area (2.12 per cent) and production (0.06 per cent) in Chittorgarh district. The growth rate in area and production were recorded positive but and for yield of garlic was found positive and significant growth in Southern Rajasthan. The highest instability reported in case of production as compared to area and yield of garlic over the period of time in Pratapgarh, Chittorgarh district and Southern Rajasthan. The reason of higher production are more use of higher yielding varieties of garlic by farmers, cultivation practices and price volatility in market.

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Sarla Meena, Latika Sharma, S.S. Burark, G.L. Meena, H.K. Jain, L.N. Dashora and H. Singh (2023). Growth and Instability in Garlic Area, Production and Yield in Southern Rajasthan. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(9): 670-674.