date:Mar 01, 2019
illion tons.
Prabhakar Chandane, executive partner, MahaAnar, an association meant to encourage exports, said that new orchards coming up in Rajasthan and Gujarat have hit Maharashtra hard, the largest pomegranate-growing state in the country, with a coverage of over 500,000 acres. The all-India area under pomegranate cultivation is about 1.5 million acres.
With a bumper crop in Rajasthan and Gujarat, the local wholesale markets in Pune and Mumbai are flooded with arrivals while Rajasthan and