Growth in area, production and productivity of coconut in Karnataka

Abstract

Growth rate analysis is usually used in economic studies to find out the trend of particular variable over any period of time which is used for making policy decisions. The growth in the area, production and yield of horticultural crops in Karnataka was estimated by using the compound growth function. Area under fruit crops in the state of Karnataka gradually increased from 1.53 lakh hectare in TE 1980-81 to 2.08 lakh in TE 1990-91which further increased to 3.87 lakh hectares in 2013-14. In consonance with area, production of fruits also increased in the state from 24 lakh tonnes in the TE 1980-81 to 32 lakh tonnes in TE 1990-91 and further to 47 lakh tonnes in TE 2000-01. Production of fruits also recorded fluctuations in the 2000s and total fruit production was recorded as 66 lakh tonnes in TE 2013-14. District wise rank of total area under horticulture crops in Karnataka has been identified where; Tumkur stands on first rank with 11 percent area followed by Chikmangalore 6.6 percent area followed by Chitardurga, Hassan, D Kannada, Kolar, Davengree and Mandiya respectively. Growth rates in present decade of 2000s, has shown some reversal in area and yield growth rates. The fruits crops that had impressive growth rate in area during the 1980s and 1990s, observed negative but insignificant growth in area while had significant 1.7 percent growth in yield rate during the 2000s. Vegetables continued accelerating their area expansion in the 2000s as well, whereby area under vegetables expanded at even faster rate of 7 percent per annum. Their yield also experienced around 2.7 percent growth rate, albeit significant at 10 percent level