Behaviour of availability and prices of tomato in chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh

An attempt was made to study availability and price behaviours of tomato in four different markets of Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh for the period from 2002 to 2010. The study revealed that, with regard to availability there was seasonality within a year, and the seasonal pattern did not change over years in the market. There was no seasonality within a year as well as between the years, except in Palamaner market. A negative relationship was found between arrivals and prices over the years and across months in all the markets.