Castor seed production estimated to grow by 88% in 2019-20: Agriwatch

Field survey estimates castor acreage in Gujarat to post 96% growth

Castor seed production in India is expected to grow by 88 per cent in 2019-20 over the previous year to 2.036 million tonnes, according to the latest Agriwatch survey. Last year, India produced 1.082 million tonnes of castor seed.

According to a field survey conducted by Agriwatch or the Indian Agribusiness Systems Ltd., commissioned by the Solvent Extractors' Association (SEA), castor seed production in Gujarat, the leading producer in the country, is estimated to grow by 96 per cent to 1.744 million tonnes in 2019-20 as against roughly 889,000 tonnes last year.

The survey findings were released at the recently