Dynamics of prices and arrivals of major vegetables: A case of haldwani and Dehradun Markets, Uttarakhand

The study assesses the behavior and relationship between arrivals and prices of potato in Dehradun market and tomato and onion in Haldwani market of Uttarakhand. The statistical tools employed includes, exponential function, coefficient of variation, seasonal indices and linear regression analysis. The empirical analysis showed that the area and production of these vegetables are significantly increasing. The arrival of potato and tomato negatively and significantly influenced their prices while the lagged prices had a significant and positive effect on current prices of all selected vegetables. The variability in price of onion is highest amongst all the vegetables and 92 per cent of this is caused by factors other than market arrivals and lagged year prices.