Question

What do you know about Kinnow cultivation in Punjab?

Answer 1

Kinnow is cultivated throughout North India. In India, Citrus is third largest fruit crop after Banana and Mango. Citrus fruits are important source of Vitamin C. Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh are major Kinnow growing states.

Answer 2

•Kinnow cultivation in Panjab begins in December and goes on till March.

• Kinnow is a citrus mandarin fruit.

• Punjab Kinnow has the biggest market in south India.

• Punjab is the biggest producer of kinnow fruit in the country.

• The annual turnover of kinnow fruit is 10 lakh tonnes.

• Kinnow fruit cultivated over 49,000 hectares of land in Punjab.

• This fruit has some medicinal values.

• Kinnow cultivation is improved from day by day because of suitable agro-climatic conditions.

• Mostly in India kinnow cultivated in Panjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan, etc.