• Rajkumari Asha Devi
• Avinash Kumar

Onion (Allium cepa L.) also known as pyaaj, kanda, etc. in different parts of the India is an important cool season, bulb crop belongs to the family of Alliaceae also known as Amaryllidaceaea. It is grown in an area of 1285 thousand hectare with production of 23,262 thousand tonnes. India ranks second in onion production after China. The area under onion cultivation in decades remain constant. But the production data shows variation in the decades. Highest area was found under Maharashtra (507.96 thousand hectare) followed by Karnataka (195.28 thousand hectare) and least under Tripura (0.16 thousand hectare). Maharashtra produces highest onion (8854.09 thousand tonnes) followed by Madhya Pradesh (3701.01 thousand tonnes) and least production was found at Kerala (0.31 thousand tonnes). Productivity was observed highest at Sikkim (56.45 MT/ha). The major importer of onion are Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Indonesia, Qatar, Vietnam, Social Republic, Kuwait, Oman, etc. The gap between supply of and demands for it always fluctuate. Availability of onion for domestic consumption depends upon total production and net export, correspondingly the price of onion is highly volatile. Therefore, government has to give more emphasis to increase the productivity of onion in India.

onion, area, production, productivity and export

"Study of prospects and scope of onion cultivation in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.829-833, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDW06131.pdf

"Study of prospects and scope of onion cultivation in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp829-833, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDW06131.pdf