India’s manufacturing of horticultural crops consisting of fruits, greens, spices, medicinal vegetation and plantation crops within the crop yr 2021-22 (July-June crop yr) grew by round 2% to 341 million tonne (mt) in opposition to 334 mt reported in 2020-21.
The horticultural crops manufacturing continues to be larger than the foodgrain manufacturing. As per the third advance estimates for the foodgrains manufacturing launched in May, India’s output of rice, wheat and pulses in 2021-22 crop yr was estimated at a report 314.51 mt.
“Increase in production of fruits, vegetables and honey while decrease in production of spices, flowers,aromatics and medicinal plants and plantation crops over previous year, is envisaged,” in keeping with an official assertion after the discharge of second advance estimates of horticultural crops manufacturing.
The greens manufacturing grew marginally to 204.61 mt in 2021-22 in comparison with 200.4 mt as per the ultimate estimate for 2020-21.
The manufacturing of onion is estimated to rise by near 19% to 31.7 mt in 2021-22 in opposition to 26.6 mt reported within the earlier yr.
At the identical time, the manufacturing of potato is estimated to say no by 4% within the present crop to 53.6 mt from 56.2 mt reported in 2020-21. The output of tomato is estimated to say no by 4% within the present crop yr to twenty.3 mt in comparison with 21.18 mt as per ultimate estimate for 2020-21.
In case of fruits manufacturing, the second advance estimate pegs the output at 107.1 mt in 2021-22 in comparison with 102.5 mt reported within the 2020-21 crop yr.
Amongst the important thing fruits, banana manufacturing is estimated to witness a progress of 6% to 35.13 mt in 2021-22 in comparison with 2021-22 whereas the mango output is estimated at 20.3 mt in 2021-22 which is marginal decline from the earlier yr.
As per the agriculture ministry information, India’s horticulture crop manufacturing was a report 334.6 mt in 2020-21, which was 4.4% greater than the ultimate estimate of 320.4 mt in 2019-20.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”