Dynamics of Major Spices in India: An Overview

Abstract

Spices have substantial medicinal value owing to their rich content. There is no better linctus than the ones that come from shrubberies. It’s time we shift to an improved and better lifestyle with our domestic herbs and spices. The top six spices; red chillies, garlic, turmeric, coriander, cumin and black pepper are taken for analysis in this study on the basis of area. This study has studied the growth and instability in area, production and yield of major spices in India from 2011-12 to 2020-21. There was a significant increase in the area of pepper, with a compound annual growth rate of 12.68 percent, followed by cumin at 3.00 percent. There was also a significant increase in the production of Pepper and Garlic at 13.85 percent and 13.66 percent, respectively, and a significant increase in the yield of Coriander and Cumin at 7.69 percent and 7.14 percent, respectively, according to the projected trends in the area, production, and yield of millets using the semi-log function. The Cuddy-Della Valle index provided the best estimations, and instability was found more in the area of pepper (30.71%), followed by coriander (12.61%); production of pepper (24.20%), followed by coriander (21.03%); and yield of pepper (19.72%), followed by coriander (13.34%). This study reveals that the instability was high in the area, production and yield Pepper 52.77 percent, 56.41 percent and 49.64 percent respectively by using Coppock’s instability index. There is more possibility for growing all varieties of spices to promote throughout India, which is desired to blow in years to come.