Behaviour of market arrivals and prices of cauliflower in selected markets of Gujarat

This study explores the behaviour of cauliflower markets in the Gujarat. The results revealed that arrivals of cauliflower increases over the years in Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Kheda markets, while, declining trend were observed in Surat and Gandhinagar markets. The significant increasing trend were observed in monthly wholesale prices of cauliflower in Surat, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Kheda and Vadodara markets. The seasonality in cauliflower arrivals exists in all the selected markets of Gujarat. The indices of arrivals were at peak in November-March in most of the markets. The indices of prices of cauliflower was high in the month of September and October, later it declined in the month of November to December. Fluctuations in market arrivals were largely contributed by price instability. High degree of price association were found between, Ahmedabad and Vadodara, Gandhinagar and Vadodara, Kheda and Vadodara markets pairs. This indicated that selected markets were integrated stalwartly.