HORTICULTURAL STATISTICS AT A GLANCE-PD

Horticultural Statistics at a Glance 2015 is the premiere horticulture publication of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, which provides an authentic source of data on various aspects of horticultural crops. It presents a comprehensive picture of the Indian horticulture sector by presenting statistical data across states, districts, and time periods, covering diverse aspects such as area, production, and productivity; growth trends; percentage share; value of output; and so on for major horticultural crops. Other aspects covered are outlays and expenditure under horticultural activities; monthly series of prices and arrivals over past year in respect of onion, potato, and tomato; inputs for horticultural crops; exports and imports; infrastructure availability; Indias position in world scenario of horticulture production, etc. The major source of this primary data, collected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, are the state horticulture/agriculture departments and various other central government departments and autonomous bodies.