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The horticulture production in 2016-17 is headed for a record 300 million tonnes (mt), which is marginally higher than the previously estimated 295 mt, according to third advance estimates of horticulture production released on Thursday. In comparison, the total horticulture output was 286 mt in the previous year.
The government also revised upward the area under horticulture crops – fruits, vegetables, flowers, plantation crops and spices -- 2016-17 to 25.1 million hectares (ha), which was slightly more than the previously estimated 24.925 million ha. While fruit production is expected to go up slightly to 93.7 mt, vegetable output is projected to be a record 176 mt, as compared to 175 mt estimated in the second advance estimates.
The highest growth in terms of percentage is registered by spices, whose production is projected to grow by 15 per cent to 8.2 mt as against previously estimated 7 mt. There is also a spurt in plantation crop output, thanks to an increase in coconut production which is expected to go up to 16.84 mt as compared to 15.34 mt estimated in the second advance estimates. The plantation crop production is projected to be 18.35 mt.
The production of flowers is projected to be 2.28 mt whereas honey production is expected to top 95,000 tonnes, according to the latest estimates.
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