Importance of vegetables in National economy:
1. Annually we produce about 129 million tonnes of vegetables from an
area of 7.98 million ha, contributing 13.4 percentage to the world’s
production. (2009 NHB Data)
2. Vegetables crops have high export potential and vegetables worth of
Rs 4431 crores are being exported annually both in fresh form or
processed form. APEDA is the nodal organization involved in
regulation of export and import of various food products.
3. Traditional vegetables like onion, potato, bhendi, bitter gourd and
chillies and non traditional vegetables like asparagus, celery, paprika,
sweet corn, baby corn, beans, peas and cherry tomato have been short
listed by APEDA for export. Among the different vegetables, 77% of the
onion produced is being exported, thus earning valuable foreign
exchange to the country. onion and traditional vegetables are being
imported by gulf countries, Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, Bangladesh
and Nepal. Non traditional vegetables are being imported by Australia,
European countries, South East Asian and Gulf countries.
4. Out of the total out put of vegetables, only 1% is being utilized by the
processing industry. Inadequate preservation techniques, and storage
facilities contribute to 25% loss of vegetables produced. By improving post harvest techniques.
1. Annually we produce about 129 million tonnes of vegetables from an
area of 7.98 million ha, contributing 13.4 percentage to the world’s
production. (2009 NHB Data)
2. Vegetables crops have high export potential and vegetables worth of
Rs 4431 crores are being exported annually both in fresh form or
processed form. APEDA is the nodal organization involved in
regulation of export and import of various food products.
3. Traditional vegetables like onion, potato, bhendi, bitter gourd and
chillies and non traditional vegetables like asparagus, celery, paprika,
sweet corn, baby corn, beans, peas and cherry tomato have been short
listed by APEDA for export. Among the different vegetables, 77% of the
onion produced is being exported, thus earning valuable foreign
exchange to the country. onion and traditional vegetables are being
imported by gulf countries, Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, Bangladesh
and Nepal. Non traditional vegetables are being imported by Australia,
European countries, South East Asian and Gulf countries.
4. Out of the total out put of vegetables, only 1% is being utilized by the
processing industry. Inadequate preservation techniques, and storage
facilities contribute to 25% loss of vegetables produced. By improving post harvest techniques.
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