A STUDY OF PRICE BEHAVIOR OF MAJOR PULSES IN GUJARAT STATE

V.C. DAVE¹, V.D. TARPARA²*
¹Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
²Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
* Corresponding Author : vaju_tarpara@yahoo.com

Received : 11-04-2016     Accepted : 23-04-2016     Published : 28-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 26       Pages : 1549 - 1556
Int J Agr Sci 8.26 (2016):1549-1556

Keywords : Price behavior, Linear and quadratic model, Compound growth rate, Irregular fluctuation
Academic Editor : PR Kanani
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The present investigation has been under taken to study the price behavior of major pulses in Gujarat state. Monthly wholesale prices were taken from three regulated markets for each crop. The prices of all the pulses with their respective markets experienced unremitting price fluctuation and indicated high degree of year to year variability in the prices. It was found that there was a lower fluctuation in the period 2003, 2004 and 2013 while remaining years showed moderate to very high fluctuations of intra-year variability in all the markets under study period. The linear model is a better fitted in pigeon pea and green gram crops while in case of chickpea in Dhandhuka and Dahod markets quadratic model is a better fitted. The compound rates of increase in prices of crops under study were statistical significant during the period under study. The prices of all the four pulses under study indicated downward trend in post-harvest period while, upward trend in pre-harvest period. The maximum value of the coefficient in seasonal variation was found in case of green gram in Gondal market (22.47%). The prices of pigeon pea and green gram revealed less degree of irregular fluctuations, while the prices of chickpea and black gram showed comparatively high and violent type of irregular fluctuations. The values of correlation coefficient of monthly and yearly prices of pulses under study were more than 0.90 and were highly significant