Area and production

Area and production

    Chilli and Capsicum
    Botanical Name : Capsicum annum var.annum
                                      Capsicum annum var.grossum
    Family : Solanaceae
    Chromosome number : 2n=24.
    Origin : Central and South America
    Common name : Chilli (Hot pepper), Capsicum (Sweet pepper & Bell pepper)
  • At present chilies and capsicums grown all most all states of the country. The major chilli growing states are Andra pradesh, Karnataka, Maharastra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan. Within a span of over four centuries, it has spread to an area of around 0.8 million ha. The area and production keeps varying depending on price fluctuations and the weather conditions.
  • Area has been varying between 0.982 and 0.816 million ha and production 61,82,000 and 86,200 tonnes of dry chilli. Andra Pradesh has been leading both in area and production contributing on average of 25 per cent of the total area and over 40 to 50 per cent of the total production. Chilies have adapted very well to the Indian condition so that, India is considered as secondary centre of origin.
    Table: Major Chilli growing states in India

    State

    Area (000 ha)

    Production(000 tonnes)

    Andhra Pradesh

    249.40

    400.60

    Karnataka

    161.00

    97.40

    Maharashtra

    132.7

    68.40

    Orissa

    94.5

    75.60

    Tamil Nadu

    86.5

    45.70

    West Bengal

    55.10

    44.40

     India

    962.10

    862.01
    Source : Directorate of Economics &statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India.
  • Capsicum also known as Bell pepper is restricted to cooler regions of the country and periphery of cities with cooler weather. As such capsicum growing around cities like Bangalore, Belgaum and Mysore (Karnataka), Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu), Pune, Thane (Maharashtra), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Darjeeling (West Bengal), Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir and hills of Uttar Pradesh.
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