Assessment of Acreage Response of Chickpea to Price and Non-price Factors in Gujarat, India

Khushbu P. Patel, Narendra Singh and Alpesh K. Leua

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2025, vol. 43, issue 4

Abstract: The study focused on assessing the acreage response of chickpea to price and non-price factors in Gujarat. The analysis aimed to determine how farmers allocate acreage and production in response to price and non-price factors. The study used time series secondary data from 1995-96 to 2022-23 for districts including Junagadh, Rajkot, Jamnagar, and Ahmedabad. The Nerlovian Partial Adjustment Model (1956) was employed to analyze the acreage response. Results showed that lagged price had a positive and significant effect in Rajkot (0.09) and Jamnagar (0.06) districts. Factors such as lagged area, lagged price, price risk, and yield risk played a significant role in chickpea acreage response. Short-run and long-run elasticities were mostly found to be inelastic, with short-run price elasticity positively significant in Rajkot district (1.32). Long-run price elasticities were more elastic in every district compared to short -run elasticity.

Keywords: Crop; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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