Growth trend, instability and decomposition analysis of vegetable production in Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

The goal of the current study was to analyze the productivity and growth of vegetable crops and to break down variations in production into their component parts. The study revealed that the area, production and production was increasing significantly during the study period and it was noticed that growth rate of production was higher than area. Pea contributed 31.99 percent of the total area followed by tomato (16.18%) while tomato contributed highest in case of total production (30.71%) and yield (15.52%). Cuddy Della Valle Index analysis revealed that the degree of variability of area, production and yield in the overall period was found to be 17.78 percentage, 8.87 percentage and 22.06 percentage, respectively. Decomposition analysis revealed that the vegetables production was increased mainly due to expansion of area during period I, period II and overall period in the state.