Growth and instability performance of banana production in India

India is the largest producer of banana in the world producing about 26 per cent of global production. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, M.P. Bihar are major banana producing states covering about 75 per cent of production in India. The present study analysed the state wise annual compound growth rate and instability index of banana production in India. The investigation was based on secondary data for the period 1990- 2017. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and Instability Index (II) techniques were used to analyse the data. The analysis showed that CAGR of banana production was 5.22 per cent significant at one per cent level in India. The growth in production was due to high growth in area (3.53%) than yield (1.64%). The instability index of banana production was high at 35.35 per cent due to higher instability in area than yield. State wise high variability in growth rates of production and instability in banana production was observed. The states with low growth rate and more instability in banana production needs special attention of policy makers.