Instability in market arrivals and modal price of selected commodities in agriculture produce markets of Karnataka

Abstract

This paper analyses the growth trend and instability in arrivals and modal prices of the commodity. The growth rate in arrivals and prices of selected commodities in APMCs of Karnataka is calculated for the period of fifteen years. The coefficient of variation and nature of instability in arrivals and modal price is examined. The samples commodities were selected based on the highest arrivals of particular commodity to the market yard. For the study thirteen different commodities in thirteen different markets of Karnataka were selected. It is observed from the analysis results modal price of all the commodities showed significant and positive growth rate with low variability and instability. In the arrivals the variability and instability was high and majority of the commodity’s showed significant and positive growth rate excluding few which had negative and significant growth rate. The instability and variation were high in arrivals compared to price of the selected commodities.