1Associated Professor, Department of Agriculture Economics, ASPEE College of Horticulture & Forestry, Navsari Agriculture University (NAU), Navsari-Gujarat-396450
2Senior Scientist, Central Goat Research Institute, Mathura
3Scientist, NAARM, Hyderabad
In India cumin grown abundantly in the mild, equable climate of Gujarat and Rajasthan where rich, well-drained, sandy, loamy soil and the sunny, conducive environment are available. Gujarat and Rajasthan are the rwo main production centres in India. They contribute almost 90% of total cumin production in the country: Rajasthan is the largest producer of cumin seeds contributing about 50–55% of the total production of India. The magnitude of instability in production of cumin seed has been higher in all the selected districts as well as in the state as a whole. Vanability in production has been at a higher rate compared to area and productive variability in this crop. The area-Yield co-variance had a stabilizing effect on reduction of instability in cumin seed production. It can be inferred that the wide fluctuation in production of cumin crop have been due to the high variability in its area as well as in productivity. The future development programmes should envisage on stabilization of area for bringing stabilization in production of the crop. The yield instability also needs to be reduced. This could be reduced by more investment on research leading to evolving of suitable cultivars for varied agro climatic conditions of the state and suitable cultural practices.
