Rs.3000 and s.2700 R

SUNFLOWER-
NO CHANGES IN PRICES EXPECTED AT
H ARVEST
World
sunflower area accounts for 23.68
million hectares with a production of
33.77
m illion tonnes
( 2008- 2009)
. Major
cultivating
countries
are
Russia
(5
million
h ectares), Ukraine (3.4 million hectares), Eu-
27 (3.34 million hectares), Argentina (2.58
million
hectares),
India
(1.63million
hectares),
USA
(0.81
million
hectares)
and
China
( 0.8 million hectares) occupying about 84
per cent of the total world sunflower acreage.
T he
other
average productivity of sunflower
in India is very low at 701 kg/ ha as compared to
major
exporters
producers.
contributing
Bulgaria,
around
1.8
France,
million
Hungary,
tonnes
of
Russia
the
and
total
Romania
exports.
are
Spain,
N etherlands, Italy and Germany t ogether account for 70 per cent of the total imports.
production
A ndhra
29%
The
of
A ndhra
In
India, during
2009-
10
major
C hittoor,
r abi
s unflower
w as
the
major
Turkey,
cultivated
in 14
lakh hectares with a
o f 8 .23
lakh tonnes. The major states growing sunflower are Karnataka,
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and
Haryana. In I ndia
Andhra Pradesh with
National s unflower
production occupies second position after Karnataka (40%).
trading
centers
for
sunflower
oil
are
Mumbai,
Chennai,
and
Hyderabad.
Pradesh, major sunflower growing districts
are Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa,
Prakasam and Mahaboobnagar.
I n Andhra Pradesh, sunflower growing seasons are k harif ( J une to September) ,
( October to December) and s ummer
( January to March) . To help the farmers to take
a decision on sowing of sunflower the
A gricultural Market Intelligence Centre
(AMIC)
functioning
p revail
at
S.V.
Agricultural
College,
Tirupathi
for sunflower during the harvesting period.
had
estimated
prices
that
In
might
To
forecast the prices of su nflower for the
h arvesting
months (Sept 2011 and Oct
2011)
, econometric analysis of modal prices of s unflower in Kurnool market for a period
o f
t he
14 years and Yemmiganoor market for a period of 11 years was carried out.
Based on
model and traders’ opinion it is estimated that the prices are likely to range between
Rs.2700
and Rs.3000
p er quintal of sunflower seed. Based on the earlier cultivation
experience,
farmers can choose private company hybrids of their choice. They are

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