AN OUTLOOK OF GUAR (<i>Cyamposis tetragomoloba</i> L.) PRODUCTION IN INDIA

V. DHAWAN¹*, KASHISH^2
1Research Fellow, Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, Punjab, India.
²Quality Control Incharge, MARKFED Cattle feed and Allied Industries, Gidderbaha, Sri Muktsar Sahib - 152 101, Punjab, India.
* Corresponding Author : vikrantdhawann@yahoo.com

Received : 14-07-2015     Accepted : 25-08-2015     Published : 01-09-2015
Volume : 7     Issue : 5       Pages : 529 - 532
Int J Agr Sci 7.5 (2015):529-532

Keywords : Guar production, Import-export, Guar gum processing
Academic Editor : Dr. Ashish, Dr. Jaspreet Kaur, Chatterjee Shankar, Berihun Kassa Hailu, Punhal Lashari, Satbhai R D, Naima Ait Aabd
Conflict of Interest : None declared

The present study examined the prospects of guar (Cyamposis tetragomoloba L.) crop production in India. To achieve the stipulated objectives of study, secondary data were collected. The study revealed that Rajasthan was the major guar producing state followed by Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab. The study also elucidates that area under guar crop which was 2903 thousand hectares with production of 90 thousand metric tonnes (MT) of guar during 2001-02 and area increased to 3448 thousand hectare with production of 2218 thousand MT during the year 2011-12. The production of Guar in India has seen wide variations during the recent past ranging from 659 to 2415 thousand tonnes due to the over dependence of the crop on monsoon precipitation over the period of study. The overall growth of 1.32, 9.83 and 8.21 per cent per annum was calculated for area, production and yield of guar bean in India, respectively from the year 2000-01 to 2014-15. Major quantities of guar products were exported to different countries like USA, Germany and China during the last ten years with the growth rate of 20.50, -2.75 and 15.70 per cent per annum, respectively. During the year 2012-13, export increased to 244.83 thousand MT particularly for these three countries against total export of 408.57 thousand MT with a growth rate of 14.52 per cent per annum. Lastly, it was inferred that to make guar farming more remunerative, Government initiatives such as to ensure farmers by assured prices, marketing facilities for guar crop and farmer awareness camps should be conducted.