How much annual production of fruits in India?
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India expects its production of fruits, vegetables and spices to be marginally higher at 287 million tonnes in 2016-17, according to the first advance estimates released by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Highlights:- 2016-17 (First Advance Estimates)
The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287 million tonnes which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.
Production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes which is about 2% higher than the previous year.
Production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes which is marginally lower by 0.3% than the previous year.
Production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes which is almost same as previous year.
Production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 % lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year’s average onion production, this is about 5% higher.
Production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1% higher than the previous year.
Production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 % higher than the previous year.