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- Area And Production of Turmeric in India
| Crop Rotation If turmeric is being grown organically then it must be rotated with other organically grown crops. Using inorganic or synthetic fertilizers would affect the soil quality and the harvest thus produced would not be organic. Commercially, crops like sugarcane, garlic, onion, pulses, yam (elephant foot, wheat, maize, ragi and some other quickly growing vegetables are rotated with turmeric. It is also cultivated as a subsidiary crop to ginger and chilli. Area And Production of Turmeric in India In India, turmeric is grown in an area of 1,81,000 hectares with an annual rhizome production of 7,93,000 tonnes (2009-10). All India area, production and productivity of turmeric Year Area (000' ha) Production (000'tonnes) Productivity (kg/ha) 1997-98 139.7 549.2 3931 1998-99 160.7 597.9 3721 1999-00 141.2 668.5 4734 2000-01 191.7 714.3 3726 2001-02 167.1 562.8 3368 2002-03 150.1 522.2 3479 2003-04 150.1 564.9 3763 2004-05 158.7 718.1 4525 2005-06 172.0 851.7 4952 2006-07 178.5 786.8 4408 2007-08 175.3 794.4 4532 2008-09 181.1 821.2 4535 2009-10 181.0 793.0 4382 Source : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (Horticulture Division) Important states which grow turmeric are Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam , Maharashtra and Karnataka . Gujarat, Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and North Eastern states are also growing turmeric. Andhra Pradesh (Composite) ranks first in respect of production and productivity followed by Tamil Nadu Download 372.52 Kb. Share with your friends:
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