1Assistant Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (Deemed to be a University), Pune-411004, Maharashtra
2Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431402, Maharashtra
Online published on 20 April, 2017.
The paper describes an empirical study of modeling and forecasting time series data of Cotton Production in India. The Box Jenkins ARIMA methodology has been used for forecasting. The diagnostic checking has shown that ARIMA (2, 1, 1) is appropriate. The forecasts from 2015–16 to 2020–2021 are calculated based on the selected model. These forecasts would be helpful for the policy makers to foresee ahead of time the future requirements of grain storage, import and/or export and adopt appropriate measures in this regard.
Arima models, Cotton Production, Forecasting
