Arecanut production sees 55% jump in 5 years
Arecanut manufacturing in the nation has noticed a advancement of 55 for each cent around the final five several years, if the composed reply in Rajya Sabha is any indicator.
The whole arecanut manufacturing enhanced from seven.thirteen lakh tonnes (lt) in 2015-sixteen to eleven.07 lt in 2019-20, registering a advancement of 55.25 for each cent.
In a composed reply to the Rajya Sabha member KC Ramamurthy, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, said that Karnataka, Assam, Kerala, Tripura, Meghalaya and West Bengal are the key producers of arecanut in the nation.
ARECA Output (in tonnes)
|
Point out |
2015-sixteen |
2019-20 (third progress estimate) |
|---|---|---|
|
Karnataka |
436290 |
850000 |
|
Assam |
74780 |
79470 |
|
Kerala |
102200 |
63020 |
|
Tripura |
9920 |
24510 |
|
Meghalaya |
26200 |
24010 |
|
West Bengal |
22660 |
23060 |
|
Other states |
41790 |
43550 |
(Source: Rajya Sabha reply)
Karnataka, which contributes virtually seventy five for each cent to the domestic manufacturing, noticed a advancement of 95 for each cent in manufacturing in the past five several years. Complete manufacturing in the Point out enhanced to 8.five lt in 2019-20 from four.36 lt in 2015-sixteen, registering a advancement of ninety four.95 for each cent.
It said that the spot and manufacturing of arecanut has been revised in Karnataka from 2018-19 onwards, dependent on the complete enumeration making use of GPS-enabled mobile application for estimation of spot under distinctive crops.
Kerala and Meghalaya noticed a decline in arecanut manufacturing in the course of the period concerning 2015-sixteen and 2019-20. The manufacturing came down from one.02 lt in 2015-sixteen to sixty three,000 tonnes in 2019-20 in Kerala. In Meghalaya, the manufacturing dipped to 24,010 tonnes in 2019-20 as against 26,200 tonnes in 2015-sixteen.
The minister’s reply said that most of the arecanut produced in the nation is eaten domestically and India’s share of export in the worldwide industry is fewer than five for each cent.
When the member wished to know the constraints faced by the ministry in constituting an ‘Arecanut Board’ on the lines of Coffee Board, Rubber Board, Tea Board, and many others, the minister replied that there are already a number of organizations these as the Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Enhancement (DASD), the Central Plantation Crops Investigate Institute (CPCRI), and the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Internet marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd (Campco) that are working to encourage arecanut and safeguard passions of arecanut farmers.