Department of Agricultural Economics and Agri-business Management, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Online published on 5 December, 2018.
Pineapple is one of the largely grown fruits in the North Eastern States of India. However, the demand of pineapple from Manipur is higher than the other states since it has a very distinctive taste and flavour as compared to the other states’ varieties. The present study was conducted with a view to analyze the growth in area, production and productivity of pineapple in Manipur. Secondary data were collected from 2005–06 to 2014–2015 and analysed using simple statistical tools like compound annual growth rate, percentage change. The compound growth rate indicates positive and significant growth in area production and productivity in the selected districts, so the growth rate with respect to state as a whole is positive. Growth rates in area production and productivity of pineapple in case of Imphal East district were found to be the highest at 0.03, 1.77 and 0.04% respectively. However, a lower growth rate was observed in the rest of areas in the state.
