The overall horticulture production of India is estimated to be 313.85 million tonnes (MT) in 2018-19, which is 0.69 per cent higher than the horticulture production in 2017-18, as per the third advanced estimate released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.
As area under horticulture crops has remained broadly at the same level, the higher production owes mainly to productivity gains, the report added.
Overall increase is observed in production of fruits, vegetables, spices, flowers and honey whereas decrease is observed in production of plantation and aromatics & medicinal crops as compared to last year.
Fruits production is estimated to be around 98.57 million tonnes, compared to 97.36 million tonnes last year.
Vegetable production up
The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 185.88 million tonnes, which is 0.81 per cent higher than the production last year.
Onion production is estimated to be around 23.48 million tonnes, which is 0.95 per cent higher than the production last year.
Potato production is estimated to be around 53.03 million tonnes, which is 3.4 per cent higher than the production last year.
The output of tomato is estimated to be around 19.39 million tonnes, which is 1.8 per cent, lower than the production last year.
Spices production is estimated to be around 9.22 million tonnes, which is higher than the production last year.
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