By this, the state has fulfilled one of the important resolves made during the special session of the Assembly in 2009, it said.
According to point 21 of resolve 2013, there was a target of bringing five lakh hectares of land under horticulture crops by 2012-13. However, the state surpassed the target by adding another 1,980 hectares under it, an official release said here today.
The area under horticulture has increased from 8,23,155 hectares in 2010-11 to 13,01,283 hectares in 2012-13.
The state has also registered two and half times increase in horticulture production in the last three years. It was 77.61 lakh tonnes in 2010-11 and it rose to 179.90 lakh tonnes in year 2012-13.
The highest growth was recorded in vegetable production, as well as the area on which it is cultivated during the period. Vegetable production increased from 36.98 lakh tonnes in 2010-11 to 108.55 lakh tonnes in year 2012-13. This represents a three time increase.
Vegetables were cultivated on over 2.83 lakh hectares of land during 2010-11, which increased to over 5.52 lakh hectares during 2012-13.
Last week, Madhya Pradesh received the Krishi Karman Award for 2011-12 for best performance under total foodgrain category 1 (states with production over 10 million tonne). The function was organised by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
