PRODUCTION AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE OF INDIAN GROUNDNUT

RANJANA AUDICHY¹*, K.P. THAKAR², S.S. BURARK³, ARTI ARHA^4
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
³Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, Rajasthan
⁴Department of Horticulture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, Rajasthan
* Corresponding Author : ranjana.audichya@gmail.com

Received : 14-12-2016     Accepted : 12-01-2017     Published : 24-01-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 4       Pages : 3724 - 3727
Int J Agr Sci 9.4 (2017):3724-3727

Keywords : Groundnut, growth, instability, export competitiveness, nominal protection coefficient
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are grateful to Dr. G. L. Meena, Assistant Professor, RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan for his kind cooperation and guidance in developing this research paper
Author Contribution : This research paper has been prepared by Ranjana Audichy under the supervision of Dr. K.P. Thakar and Dr. S.S. Burark. Mrs Arti Arha helped in writing this manuscript

The present study aimed to examine the growth and instability in area, production, productivity and export of groundnut from India as well as export competitiveness of different importing countries for groundnut. It is based on secondary data, which confined for the period 2004-05 to 2013-14. The results of the study revealed that the negative growth rate in area under groundnut was found at national level while production and productivity registered non significant positive growth rate whereas export registered a positive and significant growth rate. The instability in export as well as in area, production and productivity at country level were low. The Nominal Protection Coefficient (NPCs) indicated that groundnut was found to be moderately competitive during the whole study period to all importing countries except Pakistan to which it was less competitive. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand and Ukraine served as the major importers of groundnut from India.