Declining trends and instability in safflower cultivation in Maharashtra

In the study of status of Safflower cultivation in Maharashtra state, growth and instability was estimated in area, production and yield. The growth rate was estimated by exponential model fitted in regression model. Instability was estimated by CDVI. The secondary time series data was collected for 30 years from the year 1994-95 to 2023-2024 and data was sub divided into 2 sub-periods period-I, period-II of 15 years each and overall period of 30 years. The results revealed there was negative growth in area and production and positive growth in yield. There was highest instability in area and production but least in yield. Technological and extension efforts are needed at state level to bring more area under the cultivation of Safflower.