Chandigarh, India: The area under horticulture crops in Haryana has increased to about 5.01 per cent of the total cropped area of the State.
While stating this here on Friday a spokesman of the Horticulture Department said that 38,479 hectares of land had been brought under fruit cultivation till December, 2008 against a target of 40,410 hectares of land for the year 2008-09. As much as 1,66,530 tonnes of fruits had been produced against a production target of 2,75,000 tonnes.
He said that as much as 2,10,480 hectares of area was brought under vegetable cultivation till December 2008 against a target of 2,85,000 hectares of land for the current financial year. Similarly, 4248 hectares of arable land was brought under flower cultivation and medicinal plants were grown over an area of 909 hectares against a target of 6000 hectares and 3500 hectares respectively.
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