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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;
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According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
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* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; 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title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot; 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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;
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According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
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* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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$disp = &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
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                <br /><div align="justify">For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &nbsp;<br /><br />As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)<br /></strong></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg" alt="Horticulture Table" width="212" height="67" />&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em>&nbsp;<br />Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Note: </strong>The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)<br /></em><br />Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&agrave;-vis last year.<br /><br />The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />&nbsp;<br />According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:<br /><br />* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.<br /><br />* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.<br /><br />* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.<br /><br />* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>References:<br /></em></strong><br />Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</div><div align="justify"><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access <br /><br />Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html">click here</a> to read more &nbsp;<br /><br />Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html">click here</a> to read more <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>               </font>
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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;
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According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
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* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot; 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title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot; 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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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$disp = &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; 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title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot; 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                <br /><div align="justify">For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &nbsp;<br /><br />As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)<br /></strong></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg" alt="Horticulture Table" width="212" height="67" />&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em>&nbsp;<br />Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Note: </strong>The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)<br /></em><br />Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&agrave;-vis last year.<br /><br />The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />&nbsp;<br />According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:<br /><br />* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.<br /><br />* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.<br /><br />* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.<br /><br />* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>References:<br /></em></strong><br />Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</div><div align="justify"><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access <br /><br />Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html">click here</a> to read more &nbsp;<br /><br />Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html">click here</a> to read more <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>               </font>
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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;
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According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
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* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot; 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title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot; 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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;br /&gt;
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;
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$disp = &#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Horticulture Table&quot; width=&quot;212&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp;amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&amp;agrave;-vis last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&amp;rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp;amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp;amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot; title=&quot;http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf&quot; 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title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp;amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html&quot; 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                <br /><div align="justify">For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &nbsp;<br /><br />As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)<br /></strong></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg" alt="Horticulture Table" width="212" height="67" />&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em>&nbsp;<br />Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Note: </strong>The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)<br /></em><br />Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&agrave;-vis last year.<br /><br />The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />&nbsp;<br />According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:<br /><br />* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.<br /><br />* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.<br /><br />* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.<br /><br />* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>References:<br /></em></strong><br />Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</div><div align="justify"><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access <br /><br />Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html">click here</a> to read more &nbsp;<br /><br />Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html">click here</a> to read more <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>               </font>
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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &nbsp;<br />
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &nbsp;<br />
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<strong>Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)<br />
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<em><strong>Source: </strong>Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access</em>
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access</em>
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, </em><em>please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</em>
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, </em><em>please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp; <br />
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<strong>Note: </strong>The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)<br />
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Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&agrave;-vis last year.<br />
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />
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According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:<br />
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* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.<br />
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.<br />
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.<br />
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* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.<br />
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br />
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br />
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<strong><em>References:<br />
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access<br />
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Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access<br />
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Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access <br />
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please <a href="../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please <a href="../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please <a href="../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please <a href="../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html">click here</a> to read more &nbsp;<br />
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please <a href="../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please <a href="../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please <a href="../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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	'disp' => '<br /><div align="justify">For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &nbsp;<br /><br />As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)<br /></strong></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg" alt="Horticulture Table" width="212" height="67" />&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em>&nbsp;<br />Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Note: </strong>The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)<br /></em><br />Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&agrave;-vis last year.<br /><br />The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />&nbsp;<br />According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:<br /><br />* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.<br /><br />* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.<br /><br />* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.<br /><br />* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>References:<br /></em></strong><br />Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</div><div align="justify"><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access <br /><br />Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html">click here</a> to read more &nbsp;<br /><br />Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html">click here</a> to read more <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>',
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For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &nbsp;<br />
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As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &nbsp;<br />
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<strong>Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)<br />
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<em><strong>Source: </strong>Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access</em>
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Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access</em>
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Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, </em><em>please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</em>
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, </em><em>please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp; <br />
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<strong>Note: </strong>The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)<br />
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Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&agrave;-vis last year.<br />
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The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />
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According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:<br />
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* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.<br />
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* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.<br />
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* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.<br />
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* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.<br />
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* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br />
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* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br />
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<strong><em>References:<br />
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Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access<br />
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Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access<br />
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Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access
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Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access <br />
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Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please <a href="../news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please <a href="../news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please <a href="../news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please <a href="../news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html">click here</a> to read more &nbsp;<br />
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Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please <a href="../latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please <a href="../latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please <a href="../latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html">click here</a> to read more <br />
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$disp = '<br /><div align="justify">For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount. &nbsp;<br /><br />As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1. &nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)<br /></strong></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Horticulture%20table_3.jpg" alt="Horticulture Table" width="212" height="67" />&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Final estimate of 2015-16 &amp; first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area &amp; production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em>&nbsp;<br />Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, </em><em>please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</em></div><div align="justify"><em><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, </em><em>please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Note: </strong>The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017)<br /></em><br />Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-&agrave;-vis last year.<br /><br />The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />&nbsp;<br />According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017:<br /><br />* The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16.<br /><br />* The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />* The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year.<br /><br />* The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year&rsquo;s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher.<br /><br />* The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br />* The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year.<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>References:<br /></em></strong><br />Final Estimate of 2015-16 &amp; First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area &amp; Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158533">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please <a href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356" title="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137356">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Area%20and%20Production%20of%20Horticulture%20Crops%202011-12.pdf" title="Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12">click here</a> to access</div><div align="justify"><br />Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Second%20advance%20estimates%20of%20foodgrain%20production%20in%202016-17.pdf">click here</a> to access <br /><br />Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/bumper-foodgrain-output-expected-in-2016-17-but-production-during-rabi-may-be-lower-vis-a-vis-2013-14-4681252.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/acreage-under-rabi-crops-declined-in-2016-17-as-compared-to-2013-14-4681078.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/right-to-food-activists-demand-for-safeguards-to-reduce-hardships-of-demonetisation-4680916.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please <a href="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alerts/motive-behind-demonetisation-is-justifiable-but-there-may-be-collateral-damage-4680546.html">click here</a> to read more &nbsp;<br /><br />Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/lower-production-could-spike-vegetables-prices-in-coming-months-madhvi-sally-4681268.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee &amp; Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/onion-production-might-fall-by-5-8-in-2016-17-crop-year-government-sanjeeb-mukherjee-agencies-4681256.html">click here</a> to read more <br /><br />Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html" title="https://im4change.in/latest-news-updates/horticulture-output-to-exceed-foodgrain-yield-sanjeeb-mukherjee-4681242.html">click here</a> to read more <br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>'
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Horticulture output likely to exceed foodgrain production in 2016-17 despite meagre growth

For the fifth year in a row, horticulture production is expected to surpass foodgrain production. However, as compared to the crop years 2014-15 and 2015-16, when drought was faced by most Indian states, horticulture production this year is predicted to rise by a meagre amount.   As compared to 2014-15 and 2015-16, horticulture production this year is expected to rise by 2.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. However, as compared to 2013-14, which was a normal year in terms of monsoon rainfall, horticulture production in 2016-17 is likely to grow by 3.6 percent. Please see Table-1.   Table 1: Horticulture and foodgrain production in various years (in million tonnes)     Source: Final estimate of 2015-16 & first advance estimates for 2016-17 of area & production of horticulture crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please click here to access   Horticulture production outpacing production of foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please click here to access Area and production of horticulture crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please click here to access Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please click here to access    Note: The figure on horticulture production for 2016-17 is based on the first advance estimates (released on 17 February, 2017), whereas the figure on foodgrain production for 2016-17 is based on the second advance estimates (released on 15 February, 2017) Between 2015-16 and 2016-17, foodgrain production is likely to grow by 8.1 percent but horticulture production is anticipated to increase by just 0.4 percent. Although the production of fruits is estimated to be about 2 percent higher than the previous year, the production of vegetables is expected to be marginally lower by 0.3 percent vis-à-vis last year. The reader should note that for the country as a whole, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) as a percentage of long period average (LPA) was 92 percent in 2012, 106 percent in 2013, 88 percent in 2014, 86 percent in 2015 and 97 percent in 2016, as per various reports from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).   According to the first advance estimates of horticulture production in 2016-17, which has been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 17 February, 2017: * The horticulture production of the country during 2016-17 is estimated to be around 287.3 million tonnes, which is marginally higher as compared to 2015-16. * The production of fruits is estimated to be 92 million tonnes, which is about 2 percent higher than the previous year.                            * The production of vegetables is estimated to be around 168.6 million tonnes, which is marginally lower by 0.3 percent than the previous year. * The production of spices is estimated to be around 7 million tonnes, which is almost same as previous year. * The production of onion is estimated to be around 197 lakh tonnes which is 6 percent lower than the previous year, which was a bumper production year. However as compared to the past 5 year’s average onion production, this is about 5 percent higher. * The production of potato is estimated to be around 439 lakh tonnes which is 1 percent higher than the previous year. * The production of tomato is estimated to be around 189 lakh tonnes which is about 1 percent higher than the previous year. References: Final Estimate of 2015-16 & First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 of Area & Production of Horticulture Crops, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 17 February, 2017, please click here to access Horticulture Production Outpacing Production of Foodgrains, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, 4 March, 2016, please click here to access Area and Production of Horticulture Crops 2011-12 (final), Ministry of Agriculture, please click here to access Second advance estimates of foodgrain production in 2016-17, released on 15 February, 2017, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, please click here to access Bumper foodgrain output expected in 2016-17 but production during rabi may be lower vis-a-vis 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 17 February, 2017, please click here to read more Acreage Under Rabi Crops Declined In 2016-17 As Compared To 2013-14, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 25 January, 2017, please click here to read more Right to food activists demand for safeguards to reduce hardships of demonetisation, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 30 December, 2016, please click here to read more Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage, Newsalert from Inclusive Media for Change dated 14 November, 2016, please click here to read more   Lower production could spike vegetables prices in coming months -Madhvi Sally, The Economic Times, 21 February, 2017, please click here to read more Onion production might fall by 5.8% in 2016-17 crop year: Government -Sanjeeb Mukherjee & Agencies, Business Standard, 18 February, 2017, please click here to read more Horticulture output to exceed foodgrain yield -Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business Standard, 10 February, 2017, please click here to read more   Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak