Papaya Cultivation; Chapter 7 - Market of Papaya

Domestic Market 

Papaya (Carica papaya) is a tropical fruit having commercial importance because of its high nutritive and medicinal value. Papaya cultivation had its origin in South Mexico and Costa Rica. Total annual world production is estimated at 6 million tons of fruits. India leads the world in papaya production with an annual output of about 3 million tons. Other leading producers are Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Indonesia, China, Peru, Thailand and Philippines. In India, it has a very broad market all around the year. The major papaya producing states are Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. The farm price is almost same everywhere in India (Contact me if you are looking for market of Papaya in India).

Export import of papaya in India

 

 

Papaya Production in India

(000 Tones)

		2012-13
S.No.	State	Production	Share (%)
1	Andhra Pradesh	1,651.96	30.70
2	Gujarat	1,189.31	22.10
3	Karnataka	460.20	8.55
4	Madhya Pradesh	413.00	7.67
5	Maharashtra	363.00	6.75
6	West Bengal	331.00	6.15
7	Chhattisgarh	289.89	5.39
8	Tamil Nadu	184.24	3.42
9	Assam	174.59	3.24
10	Kerala	96.93	1.80
12	Bihar	44.28	0.82
13	Tripura	27.08	0.50
14	Mizoram	23.10	0.43
15	Rajasthan	16.01	0.30
16	Uttar Pradesh	12.86	0.24
17	Nagaland	7.50	0.14
18	Meghalaya	5.50	0.10
19	Jharkhand	5.11	0.09
20	Andaman & Nicobar	2.38	0.04
21	Himachal Pradesh	1.17	0.02
22	Sikkim	0.56	0.01
23	Lakshadweep	0.06	0.00
24	Chhattisgarh	0.00	0.00
25	Daman & Diu	0.00	0.00
26	Andaman Nicobar	0.00	0.00

(This is the final chapter of Papaya cultivation. Please mail me if you have any other query regarding process, procedures and marketing)