The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released the Final Estimates of 2020-21 and First Advance Estimates of 2021-22 of Area and Production of various Horticultural Crops compiled on the basis of information received from States/ UTs and other Governmental source agencies.
|
Total Horticulture |
2019-20 (Final) |
2020-21 (Final) |
2021-22 (1st Adv. Est.) |
|
Area (in Million Ha) |
26.48 |
27.48 |
27.56 |
|
Production (in Million Tonne) |
320.47 |
334.60 |
333.25 |
Highlights of 2020-21 (Final)
- Total Horticulture production in 2020-21 is estimated to a record 334.60 Million Tonne, which is an increase of about 14.13 Million Tonne (4.4%) over that achieved in 2019-20.
- Production of Fruits is estimated to be 102.48 Million Tonne, compared to 102.08 Million Tonne achieved in 2019-20.
- Production of Vegetables is estimated to be 200.45 Million Tonne compared to last year’s production of 188.28 Million Tonne that is, an increase of 6.5%.
- Production of Onion is reported to be 26.64 Million Tonne as against 26.09 Million Tonne achieved in 2019-20.
- Production of Potato is estimated to a record production of 56.17 Million Tonne in 2020-21, an increase by 7.61 Million Tonne compared to 2019-20.
- Production of Tomato is reported to be 21.18 Million Tonne, as against production of 20.55 Million Tonne achieved in 2019-20.
- Aromatic & Medicinal crops have registered an increase of 12.4%, from 0.73 Million Tonne in 2019-20 to 0.83 Million Tonne in 2020-21.
- Production of Plantation Crops has increased from 16.12 Million Tonne in 2019-20 to 16.63 Million Tonne in 2020-21.
- Production of Spices has increased by 9.7%, from 10.14 Million Tonne in 2019-20 to 11.12 Million Tonne in 2020-21.
Highlights of 2021-22 (First Advance Estimates)
- Total Horticulture production in 2021-22 is estimated to be 333.3 Million Tonne, a decrease of about 1.35 Million Tonne (decrease of 0.4%) over 2020-21 (Final).
- Increase in production of Fruits while decrease in Vegetables, Spices, Flowers Aromatics & Medicinal Plants and Plantation Crops over previous year, is envisaged.
- The Fruits production is estimated to be 102.9 Million Tonne compared to 102.5 Million Tonne in 2020-21.
- The production of Vegetables is estimated to be 199.9 Million Tonne, compared to 200.4 Million Tonne in 2020-21.
- Onion production is estimated to be 31.1 Million Tonne against 26.6 Million Tonne in 2020-21.
- Potato production is expected to be 53.6 Million Tonne, compared to 56.2 Million Tonne in 2020-21.
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