Impact of rainfall variability on fruit production in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan

Authors

  • BHIM SINGH
  • JITENDRA SINGH
  • PRERAK BHATNAGAR
  • VK UPADHYAY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v65i2.985

Keywords:

Rainfall, Fruit production, Correlation and regression, Mann-Kendall test,, Sen’s slope.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the rainfall variability and trend, and examine vulnerability of fruits production to rainfall variability in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan. A time series data were used to carry out a comprehensive study of the effect of rainfall variability on fruit crops. It was observed that inter-annual and seasonal variabilities of rainfall were major cause of fluctuations in production of fruits in the study area. The district had 910 mm average rainfall with a standard deviation of 218 mm and coefficient of variation of 24 per cent. The annual rainfall as evident from analysis of data (1973-2010) showed negative trend (- 0.23 to - 17.41 mm/year) in the district. Productions of mandarin showed stronger correlations with the post-monsoon rainfall while those of mango, guava, lemon, mosambi, papaya, custard-apple and ber showed strong correlation with pre-monsoon and south-west monsoon rainfall.

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Published

01-04-2014

How to Cite

[1]
B. . SINGH, J. . SINGH, P. . BHATNAGAR, and V. UPADHYAY, “Impact of rainfall variability on fruit production in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan”, MAUSAM, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 245–252, Apr. 2014.

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 2 (2014): MAUSAM

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Shorter Contribution

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