Analysis of Growth Trends, Regional Variations and Productivity Metrics of Apple Cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, India

Dev Raj

University Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, 140 413, India.

Aditi Raina

University School of Business, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, 140 413, India.

Kapil Dev

Department of Social Sciences, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, H.P., 173 230, India.

Shubham *

University Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, 140 413, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

India has seen a spatial escalation on apple growth and it fostered the country’s economy and employment opportunities of the apple growing states. States of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh are primarily known for apple production. Therefore, we worked on the secondary data on apple growth trends, its production from the different sources and analyzed it through growth rate, decomposition analysis and instability index techniques to quantify the production metrics and trend shift. Our findings reported that between1973–1974 to 2021–2022, there was an increase found in the global area, productivity and production of apples in Asia and India. The output of apples worldwide has found to be escalated at a compound annual growth rate of 2.51%, whereas, India has experienced a notable rise of 3.40 percent annually. The majority of the apple's area, output and productivity came from the Asian region, with growth rates of 3.38, 5.97, and 2.59 %, respectively. Furthermore, Worldwide scenario on apple cultivation reported that Poland had the highest relative instability in apple productivity (21.44%), followed by India (15.96%), China (12.53%), Turkey (11.18%) and USA (8.61%). Area yield effect was used to explain the rise in apple output in Asia, however, area expansion was found as the primary cause of increase in area under apple production. In Himachal Pradesh, Zone III has the greatest average yearly productivity (4.78%), followed by Zone II (3.35 %) and Zone IV (0.57%). In zones III and IV, the expansion of area (96.93%) and yields (85.13%) was the reason for the increase in apple production, however, in zone II, the yield effect (102.05%) was the only cause found for the increase in apple’s production. 

Keywords: Apple, agricultural production, economics, plant growth, hill fruits


How to Cite

Raj, Dev, Aditi Raina, Kapil Dev, and Shubham. 2024. “Analysis of Growth Trends, Regional Variations and Productivity Metrics of Apple Cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, India”. Journal of Scientific Research and Reports 30 (11):8-19. https://doi.org/10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i112526.