The Trend and Growth Rate of Brinjal in Dhamtari Block and Chhattisgarh State, India

Abstract

The research work was carried out with objectives to estimate the trend and growth rate in area, production & productivity of brinjal in Dhamtari block of Chhattisgarh state. The study was conducted in Dhamtari district which comprises of 4 blocks and among which Dhamtari block occupies maximum area and production of Brinjal. The secondary data was collected from Directorate of Horticulture, Directorate of Land record, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, and annual horticultural statistics, Raipur Chhattisgarh. The annual area, production and productivity of Brinjal in Dhamtari district is collected from Directorate of Horticulture Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The secondary data were collected for the last 10 years (2006-07 to 2015-16). Compound growth rate and simple growth rate were used to analyse the collected data. To reveal the behavior of selected variables in the district over time, regression analysis was carried out. The following form of linear production function was fitted by least square technique to estimate the trend and growth rate of the selected variable for the study period. Area, production and productivity of Brinjal in Chhattisgarh state was found to be increased at highly significant rate, whereas, in Dhamtari district, it was found that only area of Brinjal increased at highly significant rate. Original Research Article Sahu et al.; AJAEES, 38(11): 54-57, 2020; Article no.AJAEES.62219 55