date:May 23, 2013
Uttar Pradesh is fast emerging as a hub for fruit and vegetables by registering a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 15 per cent and fresh arrival of vegetables produced across the state to the wholesale markets from about 28 lakh tonne in 2008-09 to over 43 lakh tonne in 2011-12.
It is expected to be 46 lakh tonne by the end of the current fiscal year 2013-14, according to a recent study titled 'Horticulture Sector in India: The State-level Experience' by the research bureau of the