Pineapple

Area, production, productivity

The important pineapple growing countries of the world are the Hawaiian Islands, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Taiwan, South Africa, Australia, Puerto Rico and India.

In India, it is grown in Karnataka, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Nagaland. It is also cultivated on limited areas in the coastal belt of Tamil Nadu, Goa and Orissa. National level area, production and productivity of pineapple are given below.

Year	Area harvested (‘000 ha)	Quantity produced (‘000 tonnes)	Yield (tonnes/ha)
2000	75.5	1025.4	13.6
2001	78.1	1221.1	15.5
2002	77.2	1182.3	15.3
2003	79.8	1171.7	14.7
2004	80.9	1234.2	15.3
2005	82.8	1278.9	15.4
2006	85.4	1353.1	15.8

Source: National Horticulture Board

During 2006, India produced 1.35 million tonnes of pineapple from about 85000 ha of which below 10 % was from Kerala state. The area, production and productivity of pineapple from the state during 1995-96 to 2005-06 are presented below.

Years	Area harvested (‘000 ha)	Quantity produced (‘000 Tonnes)	Yield/hectare (Tonnes/ha)
1995-06	7.49	63.80	8.52
1996-07	8.58	57.32	6.68
1997-08	9.08	55.84	6.15
1998-09	8.96	73.71	8.22
1999-00	9.48	68.26	7.20
2000-01	10.69	84.60	7.91
2001-02	11.16	83.87	7.52
2002-03	11.20	83.90	7.50
2003-04	11.50	95.00	8.30
2004-05	12.70	101.90	8.00
2005-06	12.80	109.30	8.60

Source: Statistics for Planning 2001; 2005, National Horticulture Board

Last updated: 21-05-2008

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