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Horticulture production in the year ending June is pegged at 306.82 million tonnes (mt), up 2.05 per cent from the previous year’s 300.64 mt, the third advance estimates of horticultural production, released by the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.
Production of fruits is expected to cross 97 mt thanks to an impressive increase in the output of many fruits, particularly mangoes, which registered 9 per cent growth. The production of vegetables, on the other hand, is projected to be close to 180 mt, marginally up from that in 2016-17. A slight slide is expected in the yield of major vegetables such as potatoes, onions and tomatoes.
The total area under horticulture crops is also up by 3.26 per cent at 25.66 million hectares (mha) from 24.85 mha in 2016-17. At 48.5 mt, potato production is projected to be slightly lower than 48.61 mt in 2016-17, whereas a slump is expected in the output of onions, which is down 1.8 per cent at 22 mt. The highest decrease in production among major vegetable crops, however, was witnessed in tomato, whose output is projected to drop by 6.6 per cent to 19.4 mt.
Among fruit crops, citrus fruits output is expected to go up strongly to 9.6 per cent at 12.51 mt (11.42 mt). The production of mangoes is projected to grow by 8.2 per cent to 21.25 mt. So is the case with banana production, which is expected to go up to 31 mt (30.5 mt).
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