International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Sharanabasava, Vanita K Khobarkar, NV Shende and Swati Gawande

abstract
Chilli is the extensively used and most inclusive spice of Indian food culture. Maharashtra is the important chilli growing state in India, contributing 6 per cent of total area under chilli production. Recently in the year 2024 Maharashtra government has planned to create 200 acre food processing Park for Chilli. The arrivals of chilli in major markets of Maharashtra are remarkable. However, the fluctuations in arrivals and prices of red chilli were noticed in APMCs market. The present study has been undertaken to analyse arrivals and prices of Red chilli in major markets of Maharashtra based on seasonal and cyclical indices during period of 2005-2024. This seasonal fluctuation in arrivals and prices are studied by twelve month moving average method. It reveals that December, January, February, March, April is the peak arrivals in all the selected markets. The highest arrivals 324.55 were recorded in Mumbai market in the month of March as followed by Nagpur 265.85, Sangli 185.59 and Nandurbar 167.54 as indicated seasonal indices. On other hand the highest prices were observed during October to March in all the selected market respectively. The study also revealed a well defined cycle could not be observed in the case of arrivals and prices in selected markets of Maharashtra.