The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the Third Advance Estimates for 2015-16 of area and production of horticulture crops. These estimates are based on the information received from different State/UTs in the country. The total production of the Horticulture crops in the country is estimated to be around 283.36 million tonnes during 2015-16.
The following table summarises the All-India Final Estimates: 2014-15 and Third Advance Estimates: 2015-16 :
| (Area in ‘000 Hectare) | |||||
| (Production in ‘000 MT) | |||||
| Total Horticulture | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | |||
| Final | Third Advance Estimate |
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| Area | 23410 | 23787 | |||
| Production | 280986 | 283360 | |||
Highlights:-
- The total horticulture production of the country is estimated to be around 283 million tonnesduring 2015-16 which is 0.8% higher than the previous year.
- Production of fruits is estimated to be 91 million tonnes which is 2% higher than previous year.
- Production of vegetables is estimated to be around 167 million tonnes which is almost same as the previous year.
- Production of spices is estimated to be around 6 million tonnes which is 4% higher than the previous year.
- Production of onion is estimated to be around 210 lakh tonnes which is 11% higher than the previous year.
- Production of potato is estimated to be around 437 lakh tonnes which is 9% lower than the previous year.
- Production of tomato is estimated to be around 184 lakh tonnes which is about 12 % higher than the previous year.