V-HORTICULTURE. Table No.5.00 (contd.) Districtwise/Kind-wise area under Major Horticulture Crops in Jammu and Kashmir

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1 152 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.00 (contd.) Districtwise/Kind-wise area under Major Horticulture Crops in Jammu and Kashmir (Area in hectares) Total S.No. Year/ Apple Pear Apricot Peach Plum Cherry Citrus Mango Ber Other Fresh District Fresh Fruit Srinagar Kulgam Pulwama Shopian Anantnag Ganderbal Budgam Baramulla Bandipora Kupwara Leh Kargil Jammu Samba Udhampur Reasi Doda Kishtwar Ramban Kathua Rajouri Poonch Total J&K

2 153 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.00 (concld.) Districtwise/Kind-wise area under Major Horticulture Crops in Jammu and Kashmir (Area in hectares ) S.No. Year/ Walnut Almond Other Dry Fruit Total Dry Fruit All Fruit District (Col. No ) Anantnag Kulgam Pulwama Shopian Srinagar Ganderbal Budgam Baramulla Bandipora Kupwara Leh Kargil Jammu Samba Udhampur Reasi Doda Kishtwar Ramban Kathua Rajouri Poonch Total J&K Source : Directorate of Horticulture Kashmir/Jammu.

3 154 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.01 (contd.) Districtwise/Kind-wise production under Major Horticulture Crops in Jammu and Kashmir (Qnty in Metric Tones) S.No. Year/ District Apple Pear Apricot Peach Plum Cherry Citrus Mango Ber Other TotaI Fresh Fresh Fruit Anantnag Kulgam Pulwama Shopian Srinagar Ganderbal Budgam Baramulla Bandipora Kupwara Leh Kargil Jammu Samba Udhampur Reasi Doda Kishtwar Ramban Kathua Raiouri Poonch Total J&K

4 155 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.01 (concld.) Districtwise/Kind-wise area under Major Horticulture Crops in Jammu and Kashmir (Qnty in Metric Tones) S.No. Year/ Walnut Almond Other Dry Fruit Total Dry Fruit All Fruit District (Col. No ) Anantnaq Kulqam Pulwama Shopian Srinaqar Ganderbal Budqam Baramulla Bandioora Kuowara Leh Karqil Jammu Samba Udhamour Reasi Doda Kishtwar Ramban Kathua Rajouri Poonch Total J&K Source: Directorate of Horticulture Kashmir/Jammu

5 156 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.02 Availability and distribution of fruit plants Number of Plants (Lakhs) S.No. Year Kashmir Province Jammu Province Total State Plants Plants Plants Plants Plants Plants Available Distributed Available Distributed Available Distributed S N.A * # * Excluding Plants Distributed in Kashmir Province Source: Directorate of Horticulture Kashrnir/Jamrnu # Excluding Plants Distributed in Leh District NA: Not available

6 157 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.03 Plant protection machinery Type of Machinery Power Sprayer Foot Pumps S.No. Year Numbers Subsidy Numbers Subsidy Supplied involved (Rs. Supplied involved (Rs. in Lakhs) in Lakhs) (P) (P)* P - Provisional (*) Indicates position of Kmr. Div. only Source: Directorate of Horticulture Kashmir/Jammu.

7 158 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.04 (Contd.) Month wise import of fruit and vegetables (Unit: Metric Tonnes) S.No Month Fruit Vegetables Fruit Vegetables Fruit Vegetables Fruit Vegetables Fruit Vegetables April May June July August September October November December January February March Total: Source: Directorate of Horticulture (P&M) { J&K }

8 159 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.04 (Concld.) Month wise import of fruit and vegetables (Unit: Metric Tonnes) (p) S.No Month Fruit Vege- Fruit Vege- Fruit Vege- Fruit Vege- Fruit Vegetables tables tables tables tables April May June July August September October November December January February March Total: P : Provisional Source: Directorate of Horticulture (P&M) { J&K

9 160 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.05 (Contd.) Month wise export of fresh and dry fruits from J&K State (Unit: Metric Tonnes) S.No Month Fresh Dry Fresh Dry Fresh Dry Fresh Dry Fresh Dry April May June July August , September October November December January February March Total: Sourco: Dte. of Horticulture (P&M) {J&K}

10 161 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.05 (Concld.) Month wise export of fresh and dry fruits from J&K State (Unit : Metric Tonnes) S.No Month Fresh Dry Fresh Dry Fresh Dry Fresh Dry Fresh Dry April May June July August September October November December January February March Total Source: Dte. of Horticulture (P&M) (J&K}

11 162 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.06 Export of almond and foreign exchange earned. S.No Year Export of almound Foreign exchange outside the country earned (metric tonnes) (Rs. In crore) N.A N.A. N.A. NA- Not Available Source: Dte. of Horticulture (P&M) {J&K}

12 163 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.07 Export of walnut and foreign exchange earned. S. No Year Quantity exported (MetricTonnes) In Shell Kernal Foreign exchange Earned (Rs. in Crores) N.A NIl P- Provisional Source: Directorate of Horticulture (P&M) {J&K} NA- Not Available

13 164 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.08 Variety wise wholesale average rate per box of fresh fruit (Rs. per box) S.No Year Delicious American Maharaji Kesri Hazrratbali Razahwari Pear Cherry ' N.A * N.A P:Provisional Source: Dte. of Horticulture (P&M) (J8 K) N.A: Not Available Note : *for cherry unit is Rs. per CBS (1 kg)

14 165 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS Table No.5.09 Fruit exported outside the State of J&K through Fruit Mandi Pararnpora Srinagar Fruit Mandi Sopore Boxes Quantity Boxes Quantity S.No. Year (Nos) (M-tonnes) {Nos) Quantity (IP) (P) NA NA NA NA P : Provisional Source: Directorate of Horticulture (P&M)5,J&K)

15 166 I DIGEST OF STATISTICS

16 V HORTICULTURE 5.0 Jammu & Kashmir is basically an agrarian economy. The favourable agro climatic conditions, fertile soil, sub tropical climate are ideally suited for cultivation of fruit and vegetables in the State and offer immense scope for development of horticulture. In view of the potential available, fruit growing has become a major industry and contributes largely to the export trade of the state. It absorbs a large chunk of people in the various processes through which it passes. Horticulture has a substantial share in the State Domestic Product. Looking to the importance of horticulture crops, the state government is placing considerable emphasis on the development of horticulture crops i.e. fruit, vegetables, spices, plantation crops, floriculture etc. 5.1 The major fruit grown in the State are apple, mango, walnut, almond, pear, cherry, apricot, peach, plum etc. Kashmiri apple is famous both in taste and appearance. It has gained fame in the export market and fetches a very good return. The major vegetables grown in the state are onion, potato, tomato, turnip, mutter, radish, carrot, green vegetables etc. and spices like chilies, garlic, turmeric etc. 5.2 A set of 10 tables in this chapter provide latest statstical information on the area under major horitculture crops and their production. Availability and distribution of fruit plants, import of fruit and vegetables along with export of fresh and dry fruit is also given. District wise information on kind wise area under major horticulture crops and production of fruit for the yera is presented as per exsting districts in tables no.5.00 and 5.01 respectivelly. 5.3 As per Horticulture Department an area of 3.55 lakh hectares was reported under major horticulture crops for the year with percent area under fresh fruits. Production of fruit during was lakh metric tonnes comprising of lakh Metric Tonnes of fresh fruit and 2.33 lakh metric tonnes of dry fruit. Export of fruit outside State for the year as per Directorate of Horticulture (P&M) was lakh metric tonnes and import of fruit & vegetable during the same yearwas recorded to be 5.09 lakh metric tonnes.