Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has released the Third Advanced Estimate (2018-19) of Area and Production of various Horticulture Crops. This is based on the information received from different State/UTs and other source agencies.
Highlights
- The Total Horticulture Production of the country is estimated to be 313.85 Million Tonnes which is 0.69% higher than the Horticulture Production in 2017-18.
- As area under Horticulture Crops has remained broadly at the same level, the higher production owes mainly to Productivity gains.
| Total Horticulture | 2017-18 | 2018-19
(Third Advanced Estimate) |
| Area (Million Ha) | 25.43 | 25.49 |
| Production
(Million Tonnes) |
311.71 | 313.85 |
- 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.
- 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.
