Table 5. District wise trend and significance level value of area covered and production of apple.
Slope and MK-Test result is obtained using Mann Kendall’s test and Sen’s slope on the data for the period 1975–2014.
| District | Area | Production | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–2014 | 1975–2014 | |||
| Slope | MK-stat | Slope | MK-stat | |
| Chamba | 351.5 | 758 | 215.7 | 392 |
| Kangra | 1.0 | 111 | -2.0 | -23 |
| Kinnaur | 239.3 | 756 | 1279.3 | 660 |
| Kullu | 457.3 | 780 | 1666.5 | 240 |
| Lahul & Spiti | 27.3 | 746 | 5.8 | 622 |
| Mandi | 301.2 | 778 | 435.8 | 312 |
| Shimla | 563.8 | 658 | 7751.9 | 380 |
| Solan | -3.5 | -62 | -7.0 | -540 |
| Sirmaur | 22.8 | 230 | -13.7# | -164# |
All value for area and production are significant at 99% confidence level, * significant at 95% confidence level
# significant at 90% confidence level and value in italics for rainfall are not significant.