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 HORTICULTURE
Tripura is land of high hills, hillocks, interspersed with rivers and valleys having
moderately warm and humid climate, well distributed annual rainfall of 2500 mm. The
terrain soil and climate of the State of Tripura are ideally suited for rain-fed
Horticulture. Fruits like Pineapple, Jackfruit, Orange, Litchi, Cashewnut, Coconut, Lime,
Lemon are produced in abundance. Fruit crops in the State are grown on hillocks, availing
the well distributed rainfall without application of any fertilizers or chemicals.
Therefore, Tripura fruits are mostly the products of organic farming area and
production of major Horti. crops of Tripura are as under :-. |
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FRUIT |
Area(In
Hact.) |
Production(In'000M.T) |
Productivity
(M.T.Per Hact.) |
| Pineapple |
4297 |
36.46 |
8.85 |
| Orange |
5267 |
25.24 |
4.89 |
| Jackfruit |
8429 |
221.45 |
26.41 |
| Litchi |
4673 |
26.62 |
5.16 |
| Banana |
4033 |
27.40 |
6.83 |
| Mango |
5022 |
44.44 |
8.84 |
| Lime/Lemon |
3227 |
33.25 |
10.00 |
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| Coconut |
9084 |
61.02(Lakh nos.) |
672Nos. |
| Cashewnut |
6739 |
1.90 |
0.30 |
| Areca-nut |
2336 |
4.19 |
1.79 |
| SPICES |
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| Ginger |
1015 |
1.82(anticipated) |
1.80 |
| Turmeric |
1485 |
2.67(anticipated) |
1.80 |
| Chilly |
1530 |
0.75(anticipated) |
0.49 |
| VEGETABLE |
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| Potato |
5717 |
110(anticipated) |
18.00 |
| Kharif Vegetables |
4691 |
35.46 |
7.56 |
| Rabi Vegetables |
8213 |
92.32 |
11.24 |
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* Productivity is not high as the production is based on organic farming concept.Processing
infrastructure available in Tripura are :-
- Fruits Juice Concentration Plants of NERAMAC capable of processing 5600 MT of fruits
like Pineapple, Jackfruit, Litchi, Orange, Bamboo shoot.
- Cashew processing centre of NERAMAC capable of processing 500 Kg of raw - Cashew per
day.
- Tripura Small Industries Corporation (T.S.I.C.) :- They have a small Pineapple
processing plants capable of processing about 500 MT of Pineapple. They produce canned
Pineapple slice, jams, jelly etc.
Agenda
notes for monthly Review meeting under Agriculture Department
on 2006
DECISIONS
TAKEN IN THE REVIEW MEETING HELD ON 21.01.2006
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