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Forecasting of Cashew Area Harvested, Yield and Production Using Trend Analysis

Received: 18 April 2018     Accepted: 20 June 2018     Published: 7 July 2018
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The study was conducted to examine the trend analysis of area, yield and production for Cashew in Nigeria. The findings of the study are based on data from the years (1961 to 2016) and was taken from the database of FAO (2018). Three Models of trend analysis were applied. The models were Linear Trend Model, Quadratic Trend Model, and cubic trend Model. The most appropriate Model for trend analysis of the present study was Cubic Trend Model based on the highest R2 of (95.76 %), (95.76%) and (88.12%) for cashew area harvested, production and yield respectively, coupled with the lowest residual sum square and mean square error. Forecasting of the data was done up to 2026. The forecasted values were area harvested (409459.07ha -486296.12), yield (24272.09hg/ha – 27422.91hg/ha) and production (990382.68tons-1.127E+06). The study presents an insight to national policy makers regarding this essential crop and provides them with a reference range of values in area harvested, yield and production in future so that they may be able to effectively deal with cashew production in Nigeria.

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijae.20180304.11
Page(s) 65-71
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Keywords

Cashew, Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Cubic Trend Model, RSS, MSE, Nigeria

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  • Department of Agricultural Science Education, Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, Nigeria

  • Department of Agricultural Science Education, College of Education, Warri, Nigeria

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