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An Appraisal of Management Skills of Apple Growers and Apple Productivity at Varied Elevations in Himachal Pradesh


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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad (Telangana), India
2 Department of Social Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan (H.P.), India
     

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Apples are an important crop for the Himachal Pradesh state as the India’s second largest producer of fresh apples and processed apple products he present study was undertaken in an Indian Himalayan state, Himachal Pradesh, with the major aim of studying the managerial skills of the farmers and the impact of the altitudes on the apple productivities Through questionnaire survey, the farmers responses were recorded at low hills (≤2500 m), mid-hills (2500-3000 m) and upper hills (≥3000 m) amsl as a whole. At overall level, in the study area the average value of MSI was 99.58. It was further concluded that there is no major disparity between the productivities of different altitudinal zones except between E1 zone and other elevation zones. The mean productivity varied merely from 15.54 to 17.38 MT/ha between E2–E5 elevations. Statistically they were at par with each other. The computed value of critical difference was 1.94. The study area apple productivity matches with the world apple productivity. However, the productivity in the study area was found far less from the productivities attained by the many developed nations such as France. Italy, Brazil, Chile etc. Therefore, this study may be helpful for the researchers in up taking appropriate processes to fill the gaps in the managerial skills of the farmers and apple orchard productivity.

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Apple Farmers, Managerial Skill Index, Apple Productivity, Altitude.
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Authors

K. Kireeti
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad (Telangana), India
L. R. Sharma
Department of Social Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan (H.P.), India

Abstract


Apples are an important crop for the Himachal Pradesh state as the India’s second largest producer of fresh apples and processed apple products he present study was undertaken in an Indian Himalayan state, Himachal Pradesh, with the major aim of studying the managerial skills of the farmers and the impact of the altitudes on the apple productivities Through questionnaire survey, the farmers responses were recorded at low hills (≤2500 m), mid-hills (2500-3000 m) and upper hills (≥3000 m) amsl as a whole. At overall level, in the study area the average value of MSI was 99.58. It was further concluded that there is no major disparity between the productivities of different altitudinal zones except between E1 zone and other elevation zones. The mean productivity varied merely from 15.54 to 17.38 MT/ha between E2–E5 elevations. Statistically they were at par with each other. The computed value of critical difference was 1.94. The study area apple productivity matches with the world apple productivity. However, the productivity in the study area was found far less from the productivities attained by the many developed nations such as France. Italy, Brazil, Chile etc. Therefore, this study may be helpful for the researchers in up taking appropriate processes to fill the gaps in the managerial skills of the farmers and apple orchard productivity.

Keywords


Apple Farmers, Managerial Skill Index, Apple Productivity, Altitude.

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