Author(s):

SR Rathod, AV Gavali and DB Yadav

Abstract: The present study has been undertaken to estimate the trends in area, production and productivity from Maharashtra, India and the World. The secondary data were taken from the various issues of horticultural database of National Horticulture Board, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation. In order to analyse the growth in area, production and productivity of the banana in the state, India and the World as a whole for the study period of 57 years as pre WTO- (1960-1994), post WTO- (1995-2017), overall period (1960-2017). The results of the study revealed that during the overall period (1960-2017) the compound annual growth rates of banana for area and production showed a significant growth of 1.97 and 2.73, 2.88 and 5.19, 2.3 and 4.67 per cent per annum, for the World, India and Maharashtra, respectively.

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