College of Forestry, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, 173230, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Online published on 11 July, 2018.
In the present study an attempt was made to develop the statistical model, ARIMA for the estimation of apple area and production in Himachal Pradesh. ARIMA(0, 1, 0) and ARIMA(1, 1, 5) were the best fitted models for forecasting of apple area and production respectively in the state. The model exhibits good accuracy level for future projection of area and production of apple in Himachal Pradesh.
Apple, ARIMA, forecasting, area, production
