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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Excess rainfall in Nov-Dec, early heat: Why lime production was hit in Andhra, India's largest producer -G Ram Mohan

Excess rainfall in Nov-Dec, early heat: Why lime production was hit in Andhra, India's largest producer -G Ram Mohan

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published Published on Apr 14, 2022   modified Modified on Apr 16, 2022

-Down to Earth

Gujarat, Maharashtra also affected, prices to come down in a fortnight, say experts

Lime prices may be burning holes in middle-class pockets, but has that translated into super profits for farmers? Cultivators in Andhra Pradesh, the largest supplier of the citrus, are not exactly a happy lot.

Their experience is another case study of how extreme weather can add to farm worries.
Lime is cultivated in the state over an area of 41,858 hectares, of which 18,797 hectares fall in the erstwhile SPSR Nellore district (before its recent reorganisation), said K Srinivasulu, deputy director, state horticulture department.

The state is also home to Asia’s biggest lime market yard in Gudur town, Tirupati district.

Fall in production

Excess rainfall in Nellore district hampered lime flowering. For good flowering in lime trees farmers don’t water them in September and October — a treatment called bahar. 

It is a part of management practice to get flowering in December, said L Srinivas Rao, district horticulture officer, Nellore. “It takes three-four months for flowers to become a fruit. Extended rainfall upto December and January delayed flowering, causing delay in production.”

Flowering was not affected in trees on gravel soil which does not retain moisture, he added.

The rains hit all the major lime-growing districts of Nellore and West Godavari districts, which have major markets for the citrus fruit.

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Down to Earth, 14 April, 2022, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/excess-rainfall-in-nov-dec-early-heat-why-lime-production-was-hit-in-andhra-india-s-largest-producer-82399?fbclid=IwAR1_Z3LfGw7OPtO9IfWiqI2VaYfvgrZkLXfI9Qy5t7Ueky8BTndpTGfTGd8


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