The total horticulture production of the country is estimated to be 313.85 Million Tonnes which is 0.69 per cent higher than the horticulture production in 2017-18.
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. As area under horticulture crops has remained broadly at the same level, the higher production owes mainly to productivity gains. Overall increase is observed in production of fruits, vegetables, spices, flowers and honey whereas decrease is observed in production of plantation and aaromatics and 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 per cent higher than the production last year. (UNI)
