The present study was undertaken with a vision to study the status of apple productivity. The objective was aimed at analyzing the trends in apple production and productivity. General mathematical and statistical methods were utilized to perform the present study. It was observed that India has registered a compound growth rate of 1.1 MT/ha which is at par with the world average of 1.2 MT/ha in the context of apple productivity whereas in Himachal Pradesh it was 0.03 MT/ha during the time period 1973–74 to 2011–12. The maximum mean productivity was noticed in France with apple yield of 33.60 MT/ha over the 39 years. Shimla and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh showed a positive trend in all aspects of apple cultivation.
Apple production, cultivation, productivity, area
