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Andhra Pradesh’s horticulture assemblage has staged a revival since June 2024, emerging arsenic a cardinal maturation motor of the State system with a publication of ₹1,52,950 crore to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) successful 2024-25. With 18.57 lakh hectares nether horticulture cultivation and a accumulation of 406.38 lakh metric tonnes, the State present ranks archetypal successful the state successful effect production, accounting for 15.6 per cent of nationalist output.
High productivity successful crops specified arsenic lipid palm, papaya, acerb lime, cocoa, tomato, coconut and chilli has further strengthened Andhra Pradesh’s position. The Rayalaseema portion continues to spearhead horticultural growth, with 7.8 lakh hectares nether cultivation and a Gross Value Added (GVA) of ₹76,458 crore. Officials property this maturation to wide adoption of micro-irrigation, harvest diversification and technology-driven interventions.
Agriculture Minister K. Atchannaidu said that aft a signifier of mean maturation betwixt 2019 and 2024, the assemblage witnessed a crisp rebound successful 2024-25, registering 21 per cent maturation and taking horticulture GVA to ₹1,52,951 crore. The authorities has acceptable an ambitious people of ₹1,77,422 crore for 2025-26, of which ₹39,624 crore has already been achieved successful the archetypal 2 quarters. He added that 22 identified growth-engine crops including banana, mango, chillies, lipid palm, tomato, coconut, cocoa, cashew, turmeric and papaya present lend astir 80 per cent of the sector’s GVA.
Under the Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP), 1.90 lakh hectares were covered betwixt June 2024 and December 2025, placing the State astatine the apical nationally successful micro-irrigation implementation during 2024-25. Six districts from the State diagnostic among the apical 10 districts successful India. Subsidies were enhanced to 100 per cent for SC and ST farmers crossed the State, portion further enactment was extended to farmers owning 5-10 acres successful Rayalaseema, Prakasam and coastal districts. Automation successful micro-irrigation systems was besides introduced.
Under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), ₹203.88 crore was spent to wide pending liabilities, benefiting 1.18 lakh farmers, the Minister said. The effect screen inaugural successful mango was expanded from 10,000 to 50,000 hectares to amended prime and export potential, helium added.
The State remains India’s apical lipid thenar cultivator, accounting for 50 per cent of the nationalist area. Since June 2024, plantations were taken up successful 44,024 hectares, with subsidies of ₹247.87 crore released. Through PM-RKVY, ₹28.02 crore was spent to enactment hybrid vegetables, protected cultivation and trellis systems.
“The authorities besides intervened decisively during marketplace crises, providing ₹11.84 crore to cocoa farmers, ₹190.61 crore to Totapuri mango growers and ₹128.33 crore to bulb farmers,” helium said, adding that the sector’s turnaround reflects focused argumentation support, farmer-centric measures and exertion adoption, positioning horticulture arsenic a cornerstone of Andhra Pradesh’s semipermanent cultivation maturation strategy.
