CURRENT UPDATE : INDIA EMERGES AS LARGEST PRODUCER OF FRUIT & VEGETABLES

INDIA EMERGES AS LARGEST PRODUCER OF FRUIT & VEGETABLES

India has globaly emerged as largest producer of fruit and vegetables including Mango, Banana, Brinjal and Cabbage. According to an Agriculture Ministry release, horticulture production grew by more than 8 per cent during the last decade. Total production in the sector for the year 2012-2013 is 269 million tonnes.

In the last decades the government implemented a host of schemes including National Horticulture Mission, Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayas States, National Mission on Micro Irrigation and Vegetable Initiative for Urban Clusters to increase the horticulture production.