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Government of India
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
30-January-2019 16:45 IST
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare releases the 2017-18 Final and 2018-19 1st Advance Est. of Area and Production of Horticulture Crops
Nation witnesses record production of 311.7 MT Horticulture Crops in 2017-18, 3.7% higher than the previous year and 10% higher than past 5 years’ average production
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has released the 2017-18 (Final) and 2018-19(1st Advance Est.) of Area and Production of Horticulture Crops. These estimates are based on the information received from different State/UTs in the country.
The following table summarizes the All-India Final Estimates: 2017-18 and 2018-19(1st Advance Estimates)vis-a-vis 2016-17:
| Total Horticulture |
2016-17
|
2017-18
(Final)
|
2018-19
(First Adv. Est.)
|
|
Area
(Million Ha)
|
24.85
|
25.43
|
25.87
|
|
Production
(Million Tonnes) |
300.64
|
311.71
|
314.67
|
Highlights for 2017-18(Final Estimates):-
- There has been a record production of Horticulture Crops with production during the year 2017-18(Final) reaching 311.7 Million Tonnes which is 3.7% higher than the previous year and 10% higher than the past 5 years’ average production
- Production of fruits is estimated at 97.35 million tonnes which is 4.8% higher than previous year
- Production of vegetables is estimated at about 187.5 million tonnes which is about 3.5% higher than the previous year.
- With an increase of 3.7%, the production of Onion during the year 2017-18 is estimated at 23.26 Million Tonnes as against 22.4 Million Tonnes in 2016-17.
- Production of Potato in the year 2017-18 (Final) is estimated at 51.3 Million Tonnes as against 48.6 Million Tonnes in 2016-17 (5.6% higher than 2016-17).
Highlights of 2018-19(First Advance Estimates)
- The Total Horticulture production of the country is estimated to be314.5 Million Tonnes during 2018-19 (First Adv. Est) which would be0.95% higher than the 2017-18 and 8% higher than the past 5 years’ average production.
- Onion production in current year is likely to be around 23.62Million Tonnes as against 23.26Million Tonnes in 2017-18 (1.5% higher).
- Potato production in current year is estimated at 52.58Million Tonnes as against 51.31Million Tonnes in 2017-18(6% higher).
Tomato production in the current year is likely to be around20.51Million Tonnes as against 19.76Million Tonnes in 2017-18 (2% higher).
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