India’s horticulture production is estimated to be about 353.19 million tonnes in 2023-24 (Third Advance Estimates), decrease of about 22.94 lakh tonnes (0.65%) over 2022-23 (Final Estimates). The production of fruits, honey, flowers, plantation crops, spices and aromatics and medicinal plants is estimated to increase over 2022-23 (Final Estimates).
Production of Fruits in 2023-24 is expected to increase by 2.29% over 2022-23 i.e to 112.73 million tonne, mainly due to increases in production of mango, banana, lime/lemon, grapes, custard apple and other fruits. On the other hand, production of apple, sweet orange, mandarin, guava, litchi, pomegranate, pineapple are expected to decrease as compared to 2022-23.
Production of Vegetables is envisaged to be around 205.80 million tonnes. 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. Production of Onion is expected to be at 242.44 lakh tonne in 2023-24 (Third Advance Estimates).
Potato production in the country is expected to around 570.49 lakh tonne in 2023-24 (Third Advance Estimates) that is, mainly due to decrease in production reported in Bihar and West Bengal. Production of Tomato is expected to be 213.20 lakh tonne in 2023-24 (Third Advance Estimates) compared to around 204.25 lakh tonne last year, an increase by 4.38.