IOPEPC estimates of groundnut and sesame seed crop during Kharif 2017 released.

The Indian Groundnut crop (In-shell) during Kharif, 2017 is estimated to be 70.77 lakh tons. The survey was carried out in 5 key groundnut producing states comprising more than 85% of Indian groundnut crop.

The Indian sesame crop during Kharif, 2017 is estimated to be 4.18 lakh tons. The survey was carried out in 4 major sesame producing states.

The details of the crop survey are given below:

IOPEPC Kharif, 2017 Groundnut Crop (Inshell) Survey Estimates
Sr. No. / State / 2016 / 2017
Area (Ha) / Yield (Kg/Ha) / Production (Tons) / Area (Ha) / Yield (Kg/Ha) / Production (Tons)
1 / Andhra Pradesh / 923405 / 420 / 387830 / 666000 / 1272 / 835084
2 / Gujarat / 1630000 / 1920 / 3129938 / 1625600 / 1879 / 3054671
3 / Karnataka / 527417 / 633 / 333855 / 378000 / 874 / 330463
4 / Maharashtra / 210370 / 1323 / 278320 / 213800 / 1382 / 295404
5 / Rajasthan / 616629 / 2567 / 1582887 / 590700 / 2380 / 1405781
6 / Tamil Nadu / 217036 / 685 / 148670 / - / - / -
Others / 582643 / 1421 / 827858 / 678400 / 1704 / 1155994
Total / 4707500 / 1421 / 6689358 / 4152500 / 1704 / 7077397
IOPEPC Kharif, 2017 Sesame Crop Survey Estimates
Sr. No. / State / 2016 / 2017
Area (Ha) / Yield (Kg/Ha) / Production (Tons) / Area (Ha) / Yield (Kg/Ha) / Production (Tons)
1 / Gujarat / 133100 / 652 / 86781 / 109200 / 723 / 78959
2 / Madhya Pradesh / 380000 / 217 / 64220 / 424000 / 293 / 124383
3 / Rajasthan / 344785 / 259 / 89299 / 272200 / 270 / 73548
4 / Uttar Pradesh / 430555 / 114 / 49122 / 300200 / 187 / 56187
Others / 339460 / 225 / 76856 / 292400 / 291 / 85088
Total / 1627900 / 225 / 366278 / 1398000 / 291 / 418165