Dynamics of area, production and productivity of tomato in Kolar and Belagavi districts of Karnataka state

Abstract

The present study was conducted to analyze the dynamics of area, production and productivity of tomato in Karnataka and two traditionally tomato growing districts viz, Kolar and Belagavi districts were selected base on the highest area under tomato cultivation. The study was based on purely secondary data related to area, production and productivity of Tomato were collected from various public sources especially; Karnataka State Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka and Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India from 2001-02 to 2020-21. The time series data for 20 years (2001-02 to 2020-21) was divided into two periods: Period-I (2001-02 to 2010-11) and Period-II (2011-12 to 2020-21).The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) technique was employed to evaluate trends in area, production and productivity. The results obtained from analysis indicated that, Compound Annual Growth Rate for production of Tomato in the state registered significant and positive growth rate during study Period-I (6.59%), whereas in Period-II, the area under the Tomato showed the highest growth rate (1.79%) and overall, production registered the highest growth rate (4.74%) with instability indices of 8.13,9.73 and 10.26 percent, respectively. Belagavi district, registered a significant and positive growth rate in the area during the overall study period (4.34%) with instability index of 20.28 percent which indicates area-led growth rate. In the case of Kolar, the growth rate registered a significant and positive in production during the overall study period (6.48%) with an instability index of 30.38 per cent indicating production lead growth. The study concluded with positive trend in all cases. Hence, there is a potential scope for growth in vegetable like tomato production in state and selected districts.