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Horticulture plays a pivotal role in the economy of Jammu and Kashmir. Owing to favourable agro-climatic conditions, temperate horticulture is fast expanding in the state which is characterised by the increasing dominance of apple cultivation. In the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate the long term trends in the productivity and areal expansion of apple cultivation in the state. It has been observed that area under apple cultivation has witnessed a considerable increase (326%) from year the 1975–1976 to the year 2015–2016. This trend is translated in the compound growth rates of both area and yield which has witnessed an increase at the rate of 0.69 and 3.09 respectively. The decomposition model analysis predicted that apple production is mainly contributed by area effect (65.73) followed by interaction effect (23.71) and yield effect (10.55). The rapid increase in the area under apple cultivation can be attributed to higher profitability. Climate change has also played a role in encouraging the shift in land use pattern in the state. The yield of apple is showing clear signs of stagnation and is hovering between 9 and 10 MT/ha during the last four decades. Therefore, policy intervention by the government along with the up-gradation of pre and post-harvest technology is the need of the hour to boost the productivity of this sector.
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Bhat, M.S., Lone, F.A., Shafiq, M.u. et al. Evaluation of long term trends in apple cultivation and its productivity in Jammu and Kashmir from 1975 to 2015. GeoJournal 86, 1193–1202 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-10112-3
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