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Titre : Export performance of dryland horticultural fruits

Auteur : Patait, Santosh Rajendra

Université de soutenance : Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani

Grade : Master of Science in Agricultural Economics 2011

Résumé partiel
High initial investment, long gestation period and high water demand discourage the cultivation for growing fruits. However, some of fruit crops such as mango, pomegranate, cashewnut, custard apple, tamarind, etc. come up reasonable well even under dryland cultivation. These crops not only grown in arid and semiarid regions but also earn a good profit to farmer if properly cared and maintained in arid regions. These crop bring use of the wasteland. In context of above discussion the study is under taken with specific objectives to study statewise performance of dryland horticultural fruit in India, to estimate countrywise export performance of dryland horticulture fruit crops in terms of quantity and value. It is revealed from the study that at overall period, on an average the area, production and productivity of mango were to the tune of the 1639.275 thousand ha, 1189.690 MT and 10798.00 kg/ha per annum respectively. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu were major mango producing states as compared to other states under study. The state wise performance of area, production and productivity in terms of growth rates of cashewnut was positive and significant. During the study period highest area under cashewnut was observed in Andhra Pradesh however production and productivity was seen in Maharashtra.

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