India's horticulture output grows 3.2%

Horticulture production in India in 2016-17 has been estimated to be 295.16 million tonnes, over 21 million tonnes more than foodgrains production.

Horticulture production has been about 3.2 per cent more than in the previous year.

According to the government’s second advance estimate of horticulture production, released on Tuesday, the production of vegetables in 2016-17 has been 175 million tonnes, up from 169 million tonnes last year.

Among vegetables, onion production is expected at 21.56 million tonnes, against 20.9 million tonnes last year, while potato production is estimated at 46.54 million tonnes, almost 7.2 per cent more than last year. Fruit production has