Onion production in the country is expected to increase by 2.4 per cent to 2.44 million tonnes in the current crop year

Mumbai, Ta. 27 January 2020, Monday

Onion production in the country is expected to increase by 7 per cent to 8.5 million tonnes in the current crop year of 3-5 years. Onion consumers will be relieved against higher prices due to growth in production. Issuing its first estimates, the Ministry of Agriculture said that onion crop has been harvested on an area of ​​1.5 lakh hectares in Crop Year from July 1-7, which is modest compared to last year's 1.8 lakh hectare.

As a result of this, onion production, which stood at 8 million tonnes in a crop of 3-5 tonnes, is expected to rise to 8 million tonnes.

Onions are harvested in both kharif and ravi seasons. This year, the long monsoon of kharif kandan has been estimated at 6 percent of crop loss, according to the Agriculture Ministry. In addition, excessive rainfall led to the increase in prices due to supply constraints.

Onion prices have forced the government to import onions in the country. Onion prices have fallen to around Rs 5 per kg this year.

Besides onion, potato production is also expected to remain high in the current crop year. Beans, pies, pumpkin and tapioca production are projected to remain moderately low while apple production will remain high.

Other major fruits like bananas, mangoes, grapes and pomegranate production are also witnessing a decline, the Agriculture Ministry said.

Production of spices, which were last season's 1.3 lakh tonnes, is likely to decline slightly to 1.8 lakh tonnes. The total production of horticultural crops is estimated to be around 8 million tonnes in the last 2-3 years, which was 5 million tonnes last year.

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