Study the trend in area, production and productivity of tamarind

Abstract

Tamarindus indicus L is one of the common fruit trees found grown all over India mostly under rain-fed conditions, particularly in India the growing states are Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh (Horticulture at a glance – 2017). Internationally the utmost tamarind exporting countries were like United Arab Emirates 2,630 MT with the places of Sudan and Belgium. In this perspective an analysis has been made to know the growth trend of area, production and productivity of tamarind. The growth rates in area, production, and productivity of tamarind has been analyzed by obtaining the secondary data on area and production of tamarind from various sources. The data has been collected for a period of 15 years i.e. from 2003-04to 2017-18.The estimated results showed that, compound growth rates for production and productivity were found positive and significant. The significant of a tamarind production exhibited less variation than Area and productivity. Productivity has the highest significant as compared to area and productivity.