Performance of Onion in Bihar-An economic analysis

Present study was conducted in Bihar state to measure the performance of onion for this purpose 40 years secondary data were collected and compiled for period from 1974 to 2014. Decade wise as well as whole period analysis was done i.e. 1975–1984, 1985–1994, 1995–2004, 2005–2014 and 1975–2014. Results of the study shows that in the first decade onion gain the area at the compound growth rate of 1.7% per annum. The production of onion registered highest growth rate during this decade that was 2.9%, despite an increase in productivity was at slow pace. During the second decade performance of the onion in area and production was much better than first decade but onion lost the productivity at the compound growth rate of 0.3% per annum. Onion in the third decade shows very poor performance and onion lost the area and production. Performance of onion was recorded much better and onion gained recorded area, production and productivity with highest growth rate in the fourth decade. Finally during the whole study period best performance of onion was found in production followed by area and productivity. The similar trend was found in the calculated value of the mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation and compound growth rate during the study period.