Ginger (Dry)

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Season
Rabi
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100% of its area.

When to sow and harvest

Rabi 100% of its area
Today: rabi sowing time
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

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  • Whether Ginger (Dry) suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
  • What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
  • Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.

Fertiliser for one acre

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Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
25,100 ha
2022-23
Average yield
2.3 t/ha
2022-23
Most area
Mysuru
Karnataka
Best yield
North And Middle Andaman
4.0 t/ha

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

96% of India's ginger (dry) area is in these 10 districts

  1. 1 Mysuru Karnataka 31% 11,859 ha
  2. 2 Hassan Karnataka 26% 10,082 ha
  3. 3 Shivamogga Karnataka 14% 5,425 ha
  4. 4 Haveri Karnataka 11% 4,121 ha
  5. 5 Bidar Karnataka 4.2% 1,641 ha
  6. 6 Chikkamagaluru Karnataka 3.2% 1,247 ha
  7. 7 Mandya Karnataka 2.4% 939 ha
  8. 8 Kodagu Karnataka 2.4% 936 ha
  9. 9 Uttara Kannada Karnataka 1.1% 412 ha
  10. 10 Bengaluru Rural Karnataka 1.0% 371 ha

Ginger (Dry) yield

  1. 2.3–2.3 t/ha
  2. 2.4–2.5 t/ha
  3. 2.5–2.6 t/ha
  4. 2.6–2.9 t/ha
  5. 3.0–4.0 t/ha
No data

1 Numbers match the list: the districts with the most area.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2020-21 to 2022-23.

Where yields are highest

Districts growing it on at least 100 ha, against the average across India. The line runs from India's average to each district.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2020-21 to 2022-23.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

2.3 2.5 2.7
2020-21 2022-23
Latest 2.3 t/ha in 2022-23

Area (ha)

0.0 23K 46K
2020-21 2022-23
Latest 25,100 ha in 2022-23

Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2020-21 to 2022-23.