date:May 23, 2013
ee-year period between 2008-09 and 2011-12, Uttar Pradesh registered a growth rate of about 31 per cent in fruit production, while the top two fruit-producing states (i.e. Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh) registered a decline of about four per cent and 14 per cent in fruit production growth respectively.
Tamil Nadu (four per cent), Gujarat (29 per cent) and Karnataka (22 per cent) are the other top fruit-producing states that registered a growth in fruit production.
The market arrival of fruit