Aruna Kumari A.*1 and Suseels K.2
1Vignan’s University Department of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
2ANGRAU (Dept. of Agricultural Economics) (A.P.)
Received-04.06.2022, Revised-17.06.2022, Accepted-27.06.2022
Abstract: India ranks second in productionof fruits and vegetable in the world, afterChina. Nearly 15 and 11 per cent of the world’s fruits and vegetablesrespectively were produced by India. Indian agricultural commodities occupied considerable share in the world market. The present study ascertained the comparative advantage of fruits and vegetables for a period of 2000-01to 2020-21. Comparative advantage is calculated through the Balassa Index. Secondary data on fruits and vegetables exports of India and world, total merchandise export of India and world were collected for the above period. The secondarydata was collected from FAO trade year books, APEDA, DGCIS, and www.fao.org. The results revealed that fruits namely mango and grapes and vegetables namely onion during the above period showed comparative advantage. Therefore, emphasis should be laid on increasing the production, productivity and export qualityof those fruits and vegetables.
Keywords: Balassa index, Comparative advantage, Fruits,Vegetables,India
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