AP Governor lauds rapid rise in horticulture production, output

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India is emerging as an economic superpower and as the food basket of the world and to sustain the ever-expanding Population, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and production will be a major challenge Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer said on Friday.

Presiding over the fifth edition of the Dr YSR Horticultural Universitys convocation, the governor said horticulture production had surpassed agricultural production and contributed nearly six per cent to the nations GDP. The horticulture sector was generating 14 per cent of EMPLOYMENT,

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of which Women formed 42 per cent of the workforce.

The Governor said Andhra Pradesh has seen tremendous Growth in the horticulture sector in the past few decades, adding that production levels have reached 312.34 lakh metric tonnes, up from 17.84 lakh hectares. The state was ranked second in terms of horticultural production, the Governor said.