Question

India has good potential for growing of variety horticultural crops why​

Answer 1

India, it turns out, is the world’s second-largest producer of fruit. China leads the pack, producing 154.4 million tonnes of horticultural produce, exceeding India’s 82.6 million tonnes by 87%. India is also a place where a major part of the produce is lost or damaged: precisely how much is anyone’s guess. The point is that the country has great scope to increase output and productivity in horticultural produce and add value besides, ranging from basic washing, sorting and climate-controlled storage to food processing.

Freeze-drying of fruit and vegetables, processing into pulp and puree and ready-to-cook meals, conversion into juice, jam and other kinds of preserve — the scope to add value at low cost is huge. The point, however, is to realise the potential.

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Answer 2

There has been a common myth that India produces more food grains than fruits & vegetables. The fact is that fruits & vegetables are grown more than food grains in India. In 2012-13, food grain production was 257 million tonnes but the total horticulture production was 268.9 Million Tonnes. Over the last decade, the area under horticulture grew by about 3% per annum and annual production increased by 5.4%