Area under horticulture crops rises to 25.49 million hectares in 2018-19
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has released the Third Advanced Estimate (2018-19) of Area and Production of various Horticulture Crops. As per the report, the total horticulture production of the country is estimated to be 313.85 million tonnes which is 0.69% higher than the horticulture production of 311.71 million tonnes in 2017-18.The area under horticulture crops has increased to 25.49 million hectares in 2018-19 from 25.43 million hectares in 2017-18.
Overall increase is observed in production of fruits, vegetables, spices, flowers and honey whereas decrease is observed in production of plantation and aromatics & medicinal crops as compared to last year.
Fruits Production is estimated to be around 98.57 million tonnes, compared to 97.36 million tonnes last year.
Vegetables production is estimated to be around 185.88 million tonnes, which is 0.81% higher than the production last year.
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Onion production is estimated to be around 23.48 million tonnes, which is 0.95% higher than the production last year.
Potato production is estimated to be around 53.03 million tonnes, which is 3.4% higher than the production last year.
Tomato production is estimated to be around 19.39 million tonnes, which is 1.8%, lower than the production last year.
Spices production is estimated to be around 9.22 million tonnes, which is higher than the production last year.
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