Question

District wise area and production of onion in maharashtra

Answer 1

Ahmednagar district is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar was the seat of the Ahmednagar Sultanate of late medieval period (1496–1636 CE). for further details visit : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Maharashtra.


Onion crop under cultivation has shown a substantial rise in some districts of Maharashtra. At Nashik district, which is largest producer of onions in the country, the average area under kharif and late kharif cultivation has almost doubled from an average 20,000 hectares to about 48,000 hectares. Agriculture Commissioner of Maharashtra, Umakant Dangat, told Business Line that significantly higher prices and good rainfall in October has entailed farmers in Nashik planting more onions.

Answer 2

Production of Onion in Maharastra:

Maharashtra ranks first in Onion production. Onion producing districts in the Maharastra state are Satara, Nashik, Jalgaon, Pune, Solapur, and Ahmedabad.

• These districts occupy a major part of the area about 94.68% for onion cultivation.

• Satara district occupies first place in onion production. It covers 12.38% of the area in the state.

• Nashik is the largest onion producing districts in Maharastra. The average onion cultivation is 20,000 to 48,000 hectares.

• Solapur district usually takes eighth position in the top ten onion producing districts of Maharashtra.