India’s Spices Production
The following table shows India’s major spices Production in the Year 2008-09
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The largest produced spice in India is Chillies, followed by Turmeric and Garlic.
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India is the largest producer of Red Dry chilly in the world.
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India is second largest producer of Garlic in the world after china.
Spice |
Area |
Production |
Chillies |
779 |
1270 |
Garlic |
166 |
831 |
Turmeric |
181 |
821 |
Ginger |
109 |
380 |
Coriander |
397 |
242 |
Tamarind |
55 |
178 |
Cumin |
429 |
173 |
Fenugreek |
68 |
76 |
fennel |
47 |
64 |
Pepper |
238 |
47 |
Ajwan |
20 |
16 |
Values 000MT, 000HT |
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Andhra Pradesh is India’s largest spice producing state.
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Rajasthan is second largest spice producing state.
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Rajasthan is largest producer of Red Chillies.
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Jammu & Kashmir is India’s largest nut producing state with 88.4% share in the country.
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Next largest nut producing state is Uttarakhand which accounts for 9.44% nuts in India. Himachal Pradesh accounts for 2.1% production of Nuts in India.
Originally written on
June 10, 2011
and last modified on
November 22, 2013.
Bharat Singh Negi
February 4, 2014 at 2:03 pmI want to promot spice agriculture in uttarakhand like (red chillies , garlic , turmeric , gingar ) i things uttarakhand become the largest producing state in spice