![]() ![]() The government’s commitment to increase farmers‟ income can be seen through significant rise witnessed in Agri-exports through giving thrust on boosting exports. Higher exports of marine products, at US$ 7.7 billion, is benefitting farmers in the coastal states of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Coffee exports from India jumped by 1.66% to 4 lakh tonnes in 2022, on rise in instant coffee exports and re-exports. Wheat exports were valued at US$ 2.1 billion in 2021-22 after recording significant growth over exports of US$ 568 million in 2020-21. Sugar, spices and buffalo meat are among the largest exported products with the contribution of 9%, 8% and 7% to 2021-22 agriculture exports, respectively. Rice is the largest exported agricultural product from India and contributed to more than 19% of the total agriculture export during the year 2021-22. Agri & allied products exports were valued at US$ 37.3 billion, recording a growth of 17% over 2020-21. India’s agriculture sector primarily exports agri & allied products, marine products, plantation, and textile & allied products. During 2021-22, the country recorded US$ 50.2 billion in total agriculture exports with a 20% increase from US$ 41.3 billion in 2020-21. In April-December 2022, the overall value of export of agricultural products increased to US$ 19.7 billion from US$ 17.5 billion over the same period of the last fiscal. India is one of the largest agricultural product exporters in the world. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of sugarcane in India contributing about 48%, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka at 23% and 9% of the total production respectively. ![]() Most of the wheat produced in the country comes from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Gujarat. The top crops producing states in India are West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. During 2021-22, oilseeds production of India crossed the estimated 37.15 million tonnes while other products such as rice, wheat, maize, pulses, mustard, and sugarcane reached a record high production. Coffee production during the same period was 3,420 lakh tonnes, a 2.39% YoY increase. ![]() The country produces many crops and food grains such as rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds, coffee, jute, sugarcane, tea, tobacco, groundnuts, dairy products, fruits, etc.ĭuring 2021-22, India’s tea production stood at 1,344.40 million kg. In 2022-23, India’s agriculture sector growth rate was estimated to be at 3.5% and it was 3.0% in 2021-22. The country is one of the largest producers of agriculture and food products in the world. The agriculture sector is the largest source of livelihood in India. ![]()
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