Horticulture high value crops on rise in Punjab under AAP Govt

Last Updated: 11 August 2024

High Significance:

-- 5.37% area in Horticulture crop delivers 14.83% Value in Argiculture GDP in 2023[1]
-- Chilli growers earn ~₹1.50 to 2 lakh vs ~₹90,000 per acre by Wheat & Paddy growers [2]

Horticulure Crops Area has increased by 10% in 2 years to 4.81 Lakh(2024) from 4.39 Lakh Hectares(2022) under AAP Govt

Growing Horticulture in Punjab (Hectares)

  • Total Crop area in Punjab: 42 Lakh Hectares[3]
  • Total area under food grain cultivation(across 2 seasons in a year): 68.19 Lakh Hectares[4]
Year Horticulture Area Fruits Vegetable Chilli(within Vegetable) Flowers Spices & Aromatic Crops
2024[5] 4.81 Lakh 1.03 Lakh 3.56 Lakh - 2050 -
2023[1:1] 4.60 Lakh 0.96 Lakh 3.21 Lakh 10,000 2195 -
2022[5:1] 4.39 Lakh 0.967 Lakh 3.21 Lakh - 1728 -

Initiatives

References:

  1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/98698232.cms ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/chilli-growers-in-punjab-s-ferozepur-reap-rich-dividends-with-crop-diversification-set-example-for-other-farmers-punjab-government-announces-chilli-cluster-101680982453066.html ↩︎

  3. https://agri.punjab.gov.in/sites/default/files/ANNUAL_REPORT_DRAFT_2010-11.pdf ↩︎

  4. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjabs-millet-cultivation-challenges/articleshow/112436286.cms ↩︎

  5. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=188362 ↩︎ ↩︎