Area and production of flowers in the state and the country.
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India ranks 2nd next to China with an area of 182.9 thousand hectare and produces 1020.6 thousand metric tons of loose flowers and 66,671 lakh cutflowers annually (2009-10).
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Tamil Nadu is a leader in flower production; it occupies 31,970 ha followed by Karnataka (25, 100 ha), West Bengal (21,940 ha) and Andhra Pradesh (21,400 ha).
Floricultural scenario in India
Area and Production
| Year
|
Area(ha.)
|
Production
|
| Loose('000MT)
|
Cut
(million nos.)
|
| 2010-11
|
191000
|
1031
|
6903
|
| 2009-10
|
182900
|
1020
|
6667
|
Leading State
| Loose flower production
|
Cut flower production
|
| State
|
LooseFI's
(lakh MT)
|
State
|
Cut FL's
(lakh nos.)
|
| Tamil Nadu
|
247.3
|
West Bengal
|
22170
|
| Karnataka
|
203.9
|
Maharshtra
|
7914
|
| Andhra Pradesh
|
130.3
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
6202
|
| State - wise Area and Production of Flower
|
| Area in 000' HA, Proction loose in 000' MT (Loose) and Lakh (Cut)
|
| Sates / UT's
|
Area (in 000 ha)
|
Production (Loose in 000 MT and Cut in lakh Nos)
|
| 2007-08
|
2008 -09
|
2009 - 10
|
2007 - 08
|
2008 - 09
|
2009 - 10
|
| Loose
|
Cut
|
Loose
|
Cut
|
Loose
|
Cut
|
| Tamil Nadu
|
26.7
|
29.1
|
31.97
|
214.4
|
|
233.7
|
|
247.3
|
|
| Karnataka
|
25.1
|
26.0
|
27.01
|
180.0
|
5700
|
203.9
|
5867
|
203.9
|
5860
|
| Andhra Pradesh
|
23.5
|
19.5
|
21.40
|
106.8
|
3
|
125.0
|
3
|
130.3
|
6202
|
| Maharashtra
|
16.7
|
16.4
|
17.51
|
69.5
|
5728
|
89.4
|
5728
|
91.1
|
7914
|
| Punjab
|
1.0
|
1.7
|
1.70
|
77.9
|
|
82.0
|
|
82.0
|
|
| Haryana
|
6.1
|
5.5
|
6.20
|
61.8
|
1053
|
53.9
|
929
|
60.3
|
1084
|
| west Bengal
|
27.4
|
21.1
|
21.94
|
48.4
|
19680
|
52.01
|
21232
|
55.2
|
22170
|
| Gujarat
|
9.7
|
9.7
|
12.53
|
49.5
|
5063
|
49.5
|
5063
|
49.5
|
5063
|
| Orissa
|
2.4
|
5.7
|
7.11
|
7.0
|
|
23.4
|
|
25.3
|
5356
|
| Jharkhand
|
0.1
|
1.6
|
1.60
|
0.2
|
73
|
22.0
|
1711
|
22.0
|
1711
|
| Uttar Pradesh
|
10.3
|
13.5
|
10.38
|
17.5
|
2928
|
24.3
|
3467
|
17.6
|
2958
|
| Chhattisgarh
|
2.4
|
2.4
|
4.09
|
6.9
|
|
6.9
|
|
13.5
|
|
| Dehli
|
5.5
|
5.5
|
5.50
|
5.7
|
1038
|
5.7
|
1038
|
5.7
|
1038
|
| Madhya Pradesh
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
6.59
|
1.5
|
|
1.8
|
|
5.0
|
|
| Rajastan
|
4.3
|
3.4
|
3.28
|
6.2
|
|
4.9
|
|
4.9
|
|
| Pondicherry
|
0.3
|
0.286
|
0.29
|
2.7
|
|
2.37
|
|
2.4
|
|
| Bihar
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.20
|
2.3
|
11
|
2.3
|
11
|
2.3
|
11
|
| Uttrakhand
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
1.29
|
0.7
|
1456
|
0.6
|
2056
|
1.0
|
3414
|
| Himachal Pradesh
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.68
|
3.4
|
566
|
3.4
|
566
|
0.6
|
605
|
| Andaman & Nicobar
|
0.03
|
0.035
|
0.03
|
4.7
|
|
0.34
|
|
0.3
|
|
| Jammu & Kashmir
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
0.13
|
1.3
|
218
|
0.011
|
20
|
0.2
|
66
|
| Mizoram
|
0.05
|
0.215
|
0.04
|
|
76
|
|
168
|
|
142
|
| Nagaland
|
0.02
|
0.019
|
0.02
|
|
17
|
|
17
|
|
17
|
| Sikkim
|
0.1
|
0.151
|
0.18
|
|
45
|
|
66
|
|
200
|
| Arunachal Pradesh
|
NA
|
NA
|
1.22
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
2860
|
Trend of flower production in India
Expected trend in area and production of loose flowers in the next ten years
Expected growth in cut flower production in the next ten years
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Last modified: Monday, 25 June 2012, 12:06 PM
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