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India's progress in the agricultural sector has been enormous since the dawn
of Independence over 50 years ago.
India has achieved
self-sufficiency in foodgrains production and is able to export surplus production to many countries. India is the world's second
largest foodgrain producer, the second largest fruit producer (10 % of the world production) and the largest vegetable producing nation. India's main foodgrain crops
include rice, wheat, coarse cereals and pulses. India grows a wide variety of horticultural crops including vegetables, fruits, potatoes, medicinal and aromatic plants
and plantation crops. India is self-sufficient (and surplus production in many crops) in food production but needs to import substanstial amounts of edible oil and pulses.
India is the largest producer in the world of the following main agro crops:
Tea, mango, cauliflower, cashew and milk
INDIAN AGRICULTURE FACTS & FIGURES
- Total value of output: 6.48 trillion Rupees
- Foodgrain production: 212 million tonnes
- Vegetable production: 96.5 million tonnes
- Fruit production: 46.6 million tonnes
- Agriculural exports: USD 5.9 billion
- Milk production: 84.6 million tonnes*
- Total cattle population (10/2000): 313 million
- Fish production: 6 million tonnes
- Spice production: 3.1 million tonnes
2001-02 figures unless otherwise noted
AGRO EXPORTS:
India exports a range of agroproducts. Marine products, oil meals, rice, tea, cashew, spices and wheat are some of the main
exported agro products. Fresh processed fruits and vegetable exports amount to an estimated USD 400 million.
Spice exports amount to over USD 300 million pa.
Agricultural and processed Food Products Export Development Authority
APEDA export statistics
indiaagronet.com - Agricultural Resource Center
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1/3/2003