Horticulture Scenario 2017-018 For Agriculture Competitive Exams

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Area Under Horticulture Crops, 2016-17 was – 24.85 Mha

Production of Horticulture crops, 2016-17 was- 300.6 MT

Productivity of Horticulture crops, 2016-17 was- 12.10 tonnes/ha

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India’s share in world production of Fruits is- 13%

India’s share in world production of Vegetables- 10.7%

Percentage of Gross Cultivated Area Utilized by Horticulture is- 16%

Contribution of Horticulture to Gross Value Addition (GVA)/GDP of Agriculture is- 38%

Contribution of horticulture to Agriculture GVA/GDP is- 38%

Total Fruit production in India – 93.7 Mt

Total Vegetable production in India- 178.1 Mt

Estimated Horticulture production for 2017-18 was- 305.4 MT

India’s rank in terms of Production of Fruits and Vegetables- Second (First Brazil)

The fruit crop with highest production in India- Banana

The fruit crop with highest area under cultivation- Mango

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The vegetable crop with highest area and production is- Potato

The state with production of fruits and Vegetables is- Uttar Pradesh

CROP	AREA	PRODUCTION
Paddy	Uttar Pradesh	West Bengal
Wheat	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
Cotton	Maharastra	Gujarath
Ground nut	Gujarath	Gujarath
Sugarcane	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
Redgram, Jowar, Safflower	Maharastra	Maharastra
Spices	Kerala	Kerala
Bengal Gram	Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh
Tea	Assam	Assam

Coffee, Maize	Karnataka	Karnataka
Tobacco	Andhra pradesh	Andhra pradesh
Onion	Maharastra	Maharastra
Potato	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
Tomato	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh