In Haryana, the total area under fruits has increased to 50,595 hectares upto 2013-14 with a production of 5,54,900 Metric Tonnes (MT) during the year.
A spokesman of the Haryana Horticulture Department on Wednesday said that during the year 2013-14, the area under vegetables was 3,73,170 hectares with a production of 55,65,900 MT.
He said that during this period, there was an increase of 15.89 per cent in the production of mushroom crop. The Department expects that in the years to follow, more encouraging results would be obtained in the field of horticulture, he added.
The spokesman said that the horticultural area of 37,079 hectares has been brought under micro irrigation by the end of 2013-14 and farmers are coming forward for this technology. Farmers have started taking keen interest in the cultivation of horticultural crops and the State Government has given special attention to this sector.
He added that the area under protected cultivation has increased to 33.86 hectares upto 2013-14 which was negligible before launching of National Horticulture Mission in 2006-07.