*Corresponding author: vanitha.gkvk@gmail.com
This study was conducted to analyze the growth in vegetable area, production and productivity across different states and to forecast the future values with the existing growth pattern of vegetables in India. Vegetable area, production and productivity have grown at the rate of 2.17 %, 4.29 % and 2.07 %, respectively from 1961-62 to 2017-18. Vegetable production may increase 1.75 folds from 197.17Mt by 2020, 242.99Mt by 2030, 284.7 Mt by 2040 and 322.64 Mt by 2050. Vegetable productivity has increased by 2.75 folds from 1961-62 (6.64 t/ha) to 2017-18 (18.29 t/ha) and it may rise by another 1.29 folds from 2018-19 to 2050-51. There would be a surplus production of vegetables in the coming years if the same scenario of growth prevails, ranging from 75 to 133 million tons during 2030-2050. The highest significant growth in acreage under vegetable cultivation was witnessed in Nagaland (21.51 %) followed by Madhya Pradesh (16.05 %), Mizoram (15.13 %) and Manipur (12.76 %), whereas the highest significant growth rate in vegetable production was seen in Nagaland (30.79 %) followed by Madhya Pradesh (22.38 %) and Tripura (10.57 %). Vegetable productivity was found highly instable in Mizoram (37.30), Rajasthan (23.27) and Kerala (22.30).
