Compound growth rate, instability index and price behaviour of tomato in Chhattisgarh plains

The present study was conducted to analyze the growth rate & instability index in area, production and productivity of tomato and to study the seasonal and cyclic variation in prices of tomato in Chhattisgarh plains. The Chhattisgarh plain zone was selected only because it covers the major vegetable area and production (more than 60 per-cent) of the Chhattisgarh state. The study is based on secondary data and was collected for the period of 19 years for growth rate and CDVI, for price variation data was collected for the period of 7 years from 2017-18 to 2023-24. In the Chhattisgarh plains, the CAGR of area, production, and productivity were found to be 3.91 per-cent, 8.36 per-cent, and 4.28 per-cent, respectively, in the case of tomatoes. The area was indicating stable growth, and the production and productivity were indicating a medium level of instability in the tomato crop. The seasonal price indices regarding tomato were found that the inflation in price starts in the month of July and became highest in September to November than the price starts decline and become lowest in the month of February and march.