Open AccessAnalysis Growth Rate in Area, Production and Productivity of Sapota in Gujarat, India
Author(s) -
Tushar Pakwar,
Ashok Kumar Koshariya,
Kedar Vijaykumar Swami,
Alpesh Leua
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of plant and soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-7035
DOI - 10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2330716
Subject(s) - hectare , non invasive ventilation , forensic science , productivity , toxicology , insomnia , yield (engineering) , benefit–cost ratio , veterinary medicine , tonne , production (economics) , mathematics , geography , agriculture , medicine , biology , net present value , materials science , archaeology , metallurgy , economics , macroeconomics , psychiatry
The present investigation was "Analysis growth rate in area, production and productivity of Sapota in Gujarat". A multi stage random sampling design was used for selecting the sample. The study covered 2 Districts, 2 talukas, 12 villages and 120 Sapota growers from Valsad and Navsari districts. The primary data were collected for the season of 2011-2012 by personal interview method. In the results revealed that the Valsad and Navsari districts were found to having positive growth rate in area and production (0.20 and 0.73 per cent and 1.59 and 2.30 per cent, respectively). While the productivity of both the districts was positive viz., 0.54 and 0.70 respectively. On the contrary, a lower but positive and significant growth rate was observed in sapota area for the state as a whole, whereas the production and yield showed positive trend (2.01 and 2.55 respectively). The per hectare total cost of establishment for four year were Rs. 75387.59 for the orchards in Valsad district and Rs. 74025.27 for the orchards in Navsari district. The maintenance cost worked out to be as Rs. 56326.59 and Rs. 55298.27 in Valsad and Navsari district respectively. The average per ha yield from Valsad district was 10. 61 tonnes and from Navsari district was 11.11 tonnes in 6th year and net returns were Rs. 113527 from Valsad district and Rs. 118877 from Navsari district.