GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND INSTABILITY OF CASTOR CROP

C.M. BHUVA¹*, S.M. TRIVEDI², D.V. PATEL³, . .^4
1PG Institute of Agri-business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, India
²PG Institute of Agri-business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, India
³Collage of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, India
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* Corresponding Author : chiragbhuva401@yahoo.in

Received : 06-08-2022     Accepted : 27-08-2022     Published : 30-08-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 8       Pages : 11612 - 11616
Int J Agr Sci 14.8 (2022):11612-11616

Keywords : Castor crop, Growth and Instability, Compound annual growth rate
Academic Editor : Amit Anil Shahane
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to PG Institute of Agri-business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The research study conducted to analyze growth and instability of area, production and yield of castor crop in India, Gujarat and major castor producing district in Gujarat state for six different period. The time series data was collected for the period from 1970-71 to 2019-20. To examine growth and instability, compound annual growth rates(CAGRs) and Cuddy-Della Valle Index was used. The results of the growth and instability of the castor crop in India revealed that area of the castor negative in all the periods, except Period-II in which at increased significantly. However, in India the area and yield of castor has been noticed more stable during all the periods ranging from 5 to 23 per cent per annum, while production was relatively become unstable in Period-II (32.47%)

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