Arecanut production sees 55{d5f2c26e8a2617525656064194f8a7abd2a56a02c0e102ae4b29477986671105} jump in 5 years

Arecanut output in the state has found a expansion of fifty five for every cent over the final 5 several years, if the prepared reply in Rajya Sabha is any indicator.

The complete arecanut output elevated from 7.13 lakh tonnes (lt) in 2015-sixteen to 11.07 lt in 2019-twenty, registering a expansion of fifty five.twenty five for every cent.

In a prepared reply to the Rajya Sabha member KC Ramamurthy, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, stated that Karnataka, Assam, Kerala, Tripura, Meghalaya and West Bengal are the major producers of arecanut in the state.

ARECA Creation (in tonnes)

(Supply: Rajya Sabha remedy)

Karnataka, which contributes nearly 75 for every cent to the domestic output, saw a expansion of 95 for every cent in output in the earlier 5 several years. Total output in the Condition elevated to 8.five lt in 2019-twenty from four.36 lt in 2015-sixteen, registering a expansion of 94.95 for every cent.

It stated that the space and output of arecanut has been revised in Karnataka from 2018-19 onwards, centered on the full enumeration using GPS-enabled cellular app for estimation of space under different crops.

Kerala and Meghalaya saw a drop in arecanut output through the period of time in between 2015-sixteen and 2019-twenty. The output came down from 1.02 lt in 2015-sixteen to sixty three,000 tonnes in 2019-twenty in Kerala. In Meghalaya, the output dipped to 24,010 tonnes in 2019-twenty as in opposition to 26,two hundred tonnes in 2015-sixteen.

The minister’s reply stated that most of the arecanut developed in the state is consumed domestically and India’s share of export in the global market is much less than five for every cent.

When the member wished to know the constraints faced by the ministry in constituting an ‘Arecanut Board’ on the traces of Espresso Board, Rubber Board, Tea Board, and so on, the minister replied that there are already a range of organizations such as the Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Improvement (DASD), the Central Plantation Crops Exploration Institute (CPCRI), and the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd (Campco) that are performing to advertise arecanut and defend passions of arecanut farmers.