Horticulture crops current production data and area 2017-18

2017-18 (Second Advance Estimates) of Area and Production of various Horticulture Crops

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has released the 2017-18 (2^nd Advance Est.) of Area and Production of Horticulture Crops. These Estimates are based on the information received from different States/UTs in the country.

Total Horticulture	2016-17	2017-18	% change of 2017-18 (2nd Adv. Est.) w.r.t.
		Second Adv. Est.	2016-17
Area (‘000  Ha)	24851	25406	2.23
Production (‘000 Tonnes)	300643	307159	2.17

            
As per the 2^nd Advance Estimates total Horticulture production of the country is estimates to be 307.2 Million Tonnes during 2017-18 which is 2.2% higher than the previous year and 8.6% higher than the past 5 year’s average production.

The Production of fruits is estimated to be about 94.4 million tonnes which is about 2% higher than previous year.

Production of vegetables is estimated to be about 182 million tonnes which is about 2.2% higher than previous year. 

Onion production in the current year is likely to be around 218 lakh Tonnes in 2016-17(Final) which when compared to 5 years average is about 8% higher. 

Potato production is estimated at 503 Lakh Tonnes as against 486 lakh Tonnes in 2016-17 (Final) which is about 3.5% higher than the previous year. 
 

Tomato production in the current year is likely to be around 220 lakh Tonnes as against 207 lakh Tonnes in 2016-17 (Final Est.) which is about 6.6% higher than the previous year.

All Horticulture Crops Data 2017-18