Area under horticulture crops crosses 6 pc in Haryana

The area under horticulture crops in Haryana has reached about 6.34 percent of the cropped area in the state.

By PTI | Updated: Jul 04, 2011, 04.18 PM IST

CHANDIGARH: The area under horticulture crops in Haryana has reached about 6.34 percent of the cropped area in the state as a result of the steps taken by the government to motivate farmers to grow horticulture crops in place of traditional ones.

While stating this here today, a spokesperson of Haryana Horticulture Department said the efforts of the state government to encourage the farmers for diversification of crops have shown encouraging results.

During the year 2010-11, the area under vegetable cultivation was over 3.43 lakh hectares and its production crossed the 40 lakh metric tonnes mark.

Apart from this, farmers also took keen interest in replacing their traditional crops with other commercial horticulture crops like fruits, flowers and spices.

He said that during the current financial year up to May 2011, fruit production of 11,656 tonnes was achieved by bringing three hectares of additional area under fruit cultivation and total area had increased to 45,193 hectares.

Over 7.59 lakh tonnes of vegetables were produced by bringing 17,370 hectares of area under vegetable cultivation.

He said that 55,101 tonnes of spices were produced through cultivation over an area of 1,857 hectares.

Medicinal plants and flowers were grown over an area of 316 hectares and 175 hectares, respectively, during the same period, he added.

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