India is the second largest fruit producer in the world after China, producing 97.35 million metric tons annually. The major fruits produced in India are mango, banana, citrus, guava, and papaya. Fruits are an important part of the human diet as they provide essential nutrients like potassium, dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals while being low in calories, fat, and sodium.

1. By: Sharifullah Dowlatzai
Public Information Manager,
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation
and Livestock of Afghanistan
Fruit Production scenario of
India and world

2.  Introduction of fruits.
 Major fruit producing countries.
 Important cultivated fruits of world.
 Status of fruit production in world.
 Major states of fruit producing in India.
 Status of India in fruit production.
 Major cultivated fruits in India.
 Conclusion
 Reference
CONTENTS

3. According to oxford dictionary fruit is the part of a
plant that consist of one or more seeds and flesh, can be
eaten as food and usually tastes sweet.
fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering
plants formed from the ovary after flowering.
When mature ovary is eaten botanically termed as fruit.
On the other hand, in botanical usage, "fruit" includes
many structures that are not commonly called “fruits”
such as bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes,
and wheat grains.
WHAT IS THE FRUIT?

4. Fruits
Simple fruits
Aggregate fruits
Composite
fruits
TYPE OF FRUITS

5.  Importance of fruits in human diet is well recognized.
The fruits are the chief source of vitamins which help
in the maintenance of proper health and resistance to
diseases.
 Most fruits are naturally low in fat, sodium, and
calories, None have cholesterol. Fruits are sources of
many essential nutrients that are under consumed,
including potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C, and
foliate (folic acid).
 Diets rich in potassium may help to maintain healthy
blood pressure.
IMPORTANCE OF FRUITS

6. Leading producer of fresh fruits worldwide in 2018 ( million metric tons)
 China tops the list of fruit production with 240.75 million tones (MT)
 India : 97.35 MT
 Brazil : 40.05 MT
 USA : 26.02 MT
 Turkey : 23.6 MT
 Mexico : 22.77 MT
 Indonesia : 20.44 MT
 Span : 19.33 MT
 Iran : 18.9 MT
 Italy : 18.01 MT
LARGEST FRUIT PRODUCING COUNTRIES

7. China
45%
India
19%
Brazil
8% USA
5%
Turkey
4%
Mexico
4%
Indonesia
4%
Span
4%
Iran
4%
Italy
3%
Production
WORLD FRUITS PRODUCING COUNTRIES

8. 1. Banana
2. Watermelon
3. Apple
4. Grape
5. Orange
MAJOR FRUITS OF THE
WORLD
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/279164/global-top-producers-of-selected-fresh-fruit-
worldwide/

9.  Worldwide 113,212,452 tones of banana is produced
per year.
 India is the largest banana producer in the world
with 29,124,000 tones production per year.
 China comes second with 13,324,337 tones yearly
production.
 Indonesia
 Brazil
 Ecuador
Source: https://www.atlasbig.com/en-au/countries-by-banana-production
BANANA

10.  China is the World's leading Watermelon
producer with 79,244,271 tones yearly
production.
 Turkey
 Iran
 Brazil
 Uzbekistan
WATERMELON

11.  Worldwide 89,565,973 tones of apple is produced per
year.
 China is the largest apple producer in the world with
44,448,575 tones production per year.
 United States of America comes second with
4,649,323 tones yearly production.
 China and United States of America produce
together more than 50% of World's total.
 India is with 2,872,000 is ranked at 5.
APPLE

12.  Worldwide 77,518,398 tones of grape is produced per year.
 China is the largest grape producer in the world with
14,842,680 tones production volume per year but with 21.02
MT/h India is in first position in productivity .
 Italy comes second with 8,201,914 tones yearly production.
 United State
 France
 Spain
 Turkey
 India
GRAPE

13. Worldwide 73,298,838 tones of orange is
produced per year.
Brazil is the largest orange producer in the world
with 17,251,291 tones production volume per year.
China comes second with 8,550,865 tones yearly
production.
India is with 7,503,000 is ranked at 3.
ORANGE

14. India is one of the most important nations in
the world with a great diversity of fruit crops
(Tropical, Sub-tropical & Temperate)
India is the second largest fruits production
country in the world after China with 97357.51
million MT fruits production (NHB 2018).
FRUITS PRODUCTION IN INDIA

15. MAJOR FRUIT PRODUCING STATS
OF INDIA
Sl.no State Production / MT Share %
1 Andhra Pradesh 15215.85 15.63
2 Maharashtra 11728.66 12.05
3 Uttar Pradesh 10539.77 10.82
4 Gujarat 8996.02 9.24
5 Madhya Pradesh 7416.91 7.62
6 Karnataka 7133.94 7.40
7 Tamil Naidu 5680.52 5.83
8 Bihar 5117.12 5.26
9 West Bengal 3850.56 3.96
10 Chhattisgarh 2666.202 2.74
Others 19011.45 19.53
All India total 97357.51 100%
Table : Production Share of Leading Fruit Producing States for 2017-18 (NHB)

16. Andhra pradesh
16%
Maharashtra
12%
Uttar Pradesh
11%
Gujarat
9%
Madhya pradesh
8%
Karnataka
7%
Tamil naidu
6%
Bihar
5%
West bengal
4%
Chhatisgarh
3%
Others
19%
MAJOR STATES OF INDIA IN FRUIT
PRODUCTION

17. No States Area Percentage %
1 Maharashtra 753.18 11.57625
2 Andra Pradesh 650.52 9.998386
3 Uttar Pradesh 476.64 7.325879
4 Karnataka 431.64 6.634236
5 Gujarat 422.41 6.492373
6 Madhya Pradesh 354.06 5.441844
7 Odessa 340.48 5.233122
8 Jammu & Kashmir 327.43 5.032546
9 Kerala 309.45 4.756196
10 Bihar 296.65 4.559462
11 Tamil Nadu 291.37 4.478309
12 West Bengal 261.02 4.011835
13 Himachal Pradesh 230.85 3.548127
14 Chhattisgarh 229.67 3.52999
15 Uttar Khand 178.65 2.745821
16 Telangana 167.13 2.568761
LARGEST FRUITS PRODUCTION AREA IN INDA

18. 18 Jharkhand 104.3 1.603074
19 Punjab 90.63 1.392968
20 Haryana 64.02 0.983977
21 Mizoram 63.19 0.97122
22 Rajasthan 57.22 0.879462
23 Tripura 53.75 0.826129
24 Arunachal Pradesh 48.13 0.73975
25 Manipur 47.61 0.731758
26 Nagaland 39.5 0.607109
27 Meghalaya 32.81 0.504284
28 Sikkim 19.36 0.29756
29 Others 17.32 0.266206
Totals 6506.25 100
CONT.….

19. Mango
Citrus
Banana
Apple
Guava
Grape
Papaya
MAJOR FRUITS IN INDIA
Source: www.agricoop.nic.in

20. Area : 2258 Thousand hectare
Production : 21822 Thousand MT
Productivity : 10.66 MT/h
Largest states : (1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Telangana (4) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka (5) Bihar
(6) Gujarat
Export : 49180.46 MT
Value : 38234.02 Lac rupees
Export countries : UAE , UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
and USA.
MANGO

21. CITRUS
Area : 1003 Thousand hectare
Production : 12546 Thousand MT
Productivity : Lemon (11.00 MT/h),
Mandarin-(11.91 MT/h) &
Sweet Orange (17.69- MT/h)
Largest states : Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Punjab, Karnataka, MP & Gujarat
Export : 15840.48 (Orange) MT
Value : 3485.36 Lac Rupees
Export countries : Bangladesh, Nepal, UAE, Qatar
and Oman.

22. Area : 884 Thousand hectare
Production : 30808 Thousand MT
Productivity : 34.86 MT/h
Largest states : (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Gujarat
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Maharashtra
Export : 101314.37 MT
Value : 34877.39 Lac Rupees
Export countries: : UAE , Iran, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and Qatar.
BANANA

23. Area : 301 Thousand hectare
Production : 2327 Thousand MT
Productivity : 7.7 MT/h
Largest states : (1 ) Jammu & Kashmir
(2) Himachal-
Pradesh (3) Uttar khand (4)
Arunachal-Pradesh
Export : 12529.22 MT
Value : 3916.59 Lac rupees
Export countries : Nepal, Bangladesh, Iran,
Qatar and USA.
APPLE

24. Area : 265 Thousand hectare
Production : 4054 Thousand MT
Productivity : 15.30 MT/h
Largest states : (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Bihar (4) West Bengal
(5) Andhra Pradesh (6) Maharashtra
Export : 1229.75 MT
Value : 553.26 Lac rupees
Export country : United State, UAE, Qatar, Nepal
and Oman
GUAVA

25. Area :138 Thousand hectare
Production : 5989 Thousand MT
Productivity : 43.27 MT/h
Largest states : (1) Gujarat (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Karnataka (4) Madhya Pradesh
(5) Tamil Nadu
Export : 9996.37 MT
Value : 4150.44 Lac rupees
Export countries : UAE , Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
Kuwait and Netherland.
PAPAYA

26. Area : 139 Thousand hectare
Production : 2920 Thousand MT
Productivity : 21.02 MT/h
Largest states : (1) Maharashtra
(2) Karnataka
Export : 188221.16 MT
Value : 189994.86 Lac rupees
Export countries : Netherland, Russia, UK,
Germany and UAE.
GRAPE

27. S.No Fruits Countries Quantity/MT Value/lac
1 Mango UAE 23542.53 18458.37
UK 3728.45 4798.33
Saudi Arabia 2670.5 2198.71
2 Banana UAE 19073.18 9150.29
Oman 18158.69 6283.19
Iran 14095.43 4938.74
3 Orange Bangladesh 7236.11 1615.99
Nepal 7645.67 1413.88
UAE 469 204.66
4 Grape Netherland 58456.97 64753.35
Russia 27434.39 27734.44
UK 18594.24 22193.56
5 Apple Nepal 8919.02 2637.22
Bangladesh 3560.64 1247.18
Iran 43.65 25.97
EXPORT COUNTRIES OF INDIAN
MAJOR FRUITS(NHB-2018)

28. IMPORT OF FRESH FRUITS IN INDIA
COUNTRIEWISE
S.No Countries Quantity Value Import %
1 USA 254096 561897.5 25.14913046
2 Afghanistan 40087 158123.76 3.967607489
3 Iran 78189 101464.79 7.738749769
4 Austaralia 31595 84802.05 3.127112496
5 Pakistan 151753 72684.7 15.01974055
6 China 74332 41604.15 7.357003515
7 Iraq 146002 41345.76 14.4505358
8 Chile 36427 33508.52 3.605359294
9 Sri lanka 12117 30749.03 1.199279067
10 Egypt 44350 14886.44 4.389537559
11 Others 141409 113949.91 13.99594401
Total 1010357 1255016.61 100
Source: www.agricoop.nic.in

29.  fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also
known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.
 Most fruits are naturally low in fat, sodium, and calories. None
have cholesterol. Fruits are sources of many
essential nutrients that are under consumed, including
potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C and foliate (folic acid).
 India is the second largest fruits production country in the
world after china with 97357.51 million MT fruits production
(NHB 2018).
 The major of fruit of India is Mango, Banana, Citrus, Guava
and Papaya.
CONCLUSION

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 https://www.statista.com/statistics/279164/global-top-producers-of-
selected-fresh-fruit-worldwide/
 https://www.atlasbig.com/en-au/countries-by-banana-production
 www.agricoop.nic.in
 NHB Database 2017-2018 Indian Horticulture Database, National
Horticulture Board
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