EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPETITIVENESS OF VEGETABLE CROPS IN GUJARAT

V. PAL¹*, K.S. JADAV², G. DEVI³, Y.C. ZALA^4
1Department of Agricultural Economics, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand - 388110, Gujarat, India.
²Department of Agricultural Economics, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand - 388110, Gujarat, India.
³Department of Agricultural Economics, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand - 388110, Gujarat, India.
⁴Department of Agricultural Economics, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand - 388110, Gujarat, India.
* Corresponding Author : vivekpal_167@yahoo.in

Received : 16-03-2015     Accepted : 27-04-2015     Published : 04-05-2015
Volume : 7     Issue : 1       Pages : 416 - 421
Int J Agr Sci 7.1 (2015):416-421

Keywords : Export opportunities, competitiveness, vegetable crops, India
Academic Editor : Kevin Honglin Zhang
Conflict of Interest : None declared

The vegetable crops are priority in agriculture by virtue of its vast potential in improving the socio-economic conditions of the farmers due to its production potentiality in a short period. In this study tabular analysis and Nominal Protection Coefficient measures has been used to measure the export potentiality and competitiveness of different vegetable crops in Gujarat. Greater potentiality of vegetable export was found due to its increasing trend of production and productivity. Potato as well as onion crop was found greater potentiality of export from Gujarat. The export of different vegetables i.e. cabbage, potato, tomato and onion was found competitive to other countries and among these four major crops, cabbage was found to be highest export competitive crop. Therefore, cabbage crop needs special attention for promotion of export from Gujarat. Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar and Russia were found to be highest export competitiveness for cabbage, onion, tomato and potato, respectively.