NEW DELHI, 2 June 2020: India's department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has released the 2nd Advance Estimates of 2019-20 that said that during the period, 320.48 million tonnes of horticulture crops will be produced in 25.66 million hectares of land.
| Total Horticulture | 2018-19 (Final) | 2019-20 (2nd Advance Estimate) |
| Area (million hectare) | 25.43 | 25.66 |
| Production (million tonnes) | 310.74 | 320.48 |
Total Horticulture production in 2019-20 (2nd Advance Estimates) is estimated to be 3.13% higher than 2018-19. There will be an increase in vegetables, fruits, aromatics and medicinal plants and flowers, while decrease in plantation crops and spices, over previous year, is observed.
Fruits production is estimated to be 99.07 million tonnes, as compared to 97.97 million tonnes production recorded in 2018-19. It is mainly due to increase in production of banana, apple, citrus and watermelon.
Due to increased production of onion, tomato, okra, peas, potato, etc, the production of vegetables in 2019-20 is estimated to be 191.77 million tonnes, as compared to 183.17 million tonne in 2018-19.
Onion production is estimated to be 26.74 million tonnes, as compared to 22.82 million tonne in 2018-19, while tomato production is estimated to be 20.57 million tonnes (increase of 8.2%) as compared to 19.01 million tonnes in 2018-19, the statement added.