Performance of Mango in South Gujarat Region

The trends in area, production and productivity of mango crop in South Gujarat Region were estimated in the present study. The district wise time series data on area, production and productivity of mango crop were collected from General Statistical Information of Agricultural Department published by Govt. of Gujarat. The entire study was split into two sub periods, i.e. period I (1990-91 to 1997-98) and period II (1998-99 to 2007-08). Different districts of South Gujarat region were classified into two different periods. Period I included Bharuch, Surat and Valsad districts and period II included Bharuch, Surat, Valsad, Dang, Navsari and Narmada districts. The results revealed that Linear Growth Rate for mango was non-significant in both the periods, but Compound Growth Rate for mango was significant in both the periods. For Valsad district, the production and productivity of mango was highly significant in 2^nd period as compared to 1^st period of South Gujarat region. The results for the instability index for area, production and productivity were found higher in period II as compare to period I.