Crop Report
Govt pegs 2023-24 horticulture output at 353.19 mln tn, down 1% on year
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NEW DELHI – India's horticulture output in 2023-24 (Jul-Jun) is estimated to be 353.19 mln tn, down from 355.48 mln tn in the previous year, according to the government's third advance estimate released today. The horticulture output in the second advanced estimate of 2023-24 was pegged at 352.23 mln tn.
The lower estimate is mainly on account of a fall in production of vegetables such as potato, onion and others. According to the third advance estimate, vegetable production is seen at 205.80 mln tn in 2023-24, which is sharply below 212.55 mln tn produced in the previous year. However, the projection for vegetable output is higher than the second advance estimate of 204.96 mln tn.
"Increase is expected in production of tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, tapioca, bottle gourd, pumpkin, carrot, cucumber, bitter gourd, parwal and okra, whereas, decrease in production is envisaged in potato, onion, brinjal, elephant foot yam, capsicum, and other vegetables," the government said.
Onion production is seen at 24.24 mln tn in 2023-24, compared with 30.2 mln produced the previous year. Similarly, production of potato is also seen down at 57.05 mln tn in 2023-24 against 60.14 mln tn a year ago. The government attributed the fall in potato production due to a decrease in output in Bihar and West Bengal.
Production of fruits is expected to rise by 2.3% on year to 112.73 mln tn in 2023-24, mainly due to an increase in production of mango, banana, lime/lemon, grapes, custard apple and other fruits. In the second advanced estimate, production of fruits was estimated at 112.63 mln tn. "On the other hand, production of apple, sweet orange, mandarin, guava, litchi, pomegranate, pineapple are expected to decrease as compared to 2022-23," the government said in a release.
Tomato production is projected to be at 21.32 mln tn in 2023-24, compared to around 20.43 mln tn last year, an increase by over 4%, according to the third advanced estimate. Acreage under horticulture crops is estimated to have risen slightly to 28.98 mln ha in 2023-24, from 28.44 mln ha in 2022-23.
The following table details the third advance production estimate for key horticulture crops in 2023-24, in tn, compared to the final estimates for 2022-23. The table also details the change in percentage terms of the third advance estimates for 2023-24 over the final output projection for 2022-23:
| Crop | 2023-24 (Third advance estimate) |
2022-23 (Final advance estimate) |
Year-on-year change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onion | 24,244,000 | 30,208,000 | (-)20% |
| Potato | 57,049,000 | 60,142,000 | (-)5% |
| Tomato | 21,320,000 | 20,425,000 | 4% |
| Total Vegetables | 205,800,000 | 212,550,000 | (-)3% |
| Total Fruits | 112,730,000 | 110,210,000 | 2% |
| Total Horticulture | 353,190,000 | 355,480,000 | (-)1% |
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Reported by Sayantan Sarkar
Edited by Aditya Sakorkar
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