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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This study in aimed at growth and stability of litchi production in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar with specific objectives of determining trend in area, production and productivity of litchi. India is the second largest producer of litchi in the world after China. Presently in India, litchi is cultivated in an area about 74.40 thousand hectares with total production of 483.60 thousand metric tons and productivity of 6.50 metric tons / hectare. Bihar produces nearly cultivated in an area about 31.1 thousand hectares with a total production of 227 thousand metric tons and productivity of 7.3 metric tons / hectare. It is mainly cultivated in the old district of Muzaffarpur, Champarn and Darbhanga. The study reveals that the growth rates in area, production and productivity is positive and found 2.76, 3.82 and 0.98, per cent respectively in India while in Bihar it is recorded 1.19, 3.02 and 1.75 per cent and negative rate -0.19, -2.07 and -2.03 per cent respectively in Muzaffarpur.