Garlic: Malwa's Pungent Crop

Where Garlic Is Grown

Madhya Pradesh grows the largest crop in Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur and Indore. Rajasthan's Kota, Baran, Jhalawar and Chittorgarh follow. Gujarat (Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagadh), Uttar Pradesh and Punjab also grow garlic. The hills of the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal grow a strong, long-keeping garlic; Kodaikanal Malai Poondu holds a GI tag.

How Garlic Is Grown and Traded

Garlic is planted from cloves after the monsoon and harvested in spring. After curing, the bulbs are graded by size: large-bulb types such as G-282 (Yamuna Safed-3) fetch the best prices, while small local garlic (desi or "lahsun") is cheaper but more pungent. Well-cured garlic stores for six to eight months, so farmers and traders hold stock and sell through the year. Exporters ship to Bangladesh, Malaysia, the Gulf and Nepal.

Garlic Mandis

• Mandsaur Mandi, Madhya PradeshAmong India's largest garlic marketsAboutExplore
• Neemuch and Ratlam Mandis, Madhya PradeshMalwa garlic tradeAboutExplore
• Kota (Bhamashah) Mandi, RajasthanHadoti garlicAboutExplore
• Jamnagar, GujaratGujarat garlicAboutExplore
• Mettupalayam, Tamil NaduOoty hill garlic marketAboutExplore

Dehydrated Garlic Makers

The dehydration factories of Mahuva in Gujarat, listed on the Onion page, also make garlic flakes, granules and powder.

• Chhatariya Foods Pvt LtdMahuva · dehydrated garlic and onionAboutExplore
• Maharaja Dehydration Pvt LtdMahuva · dehydrated garlicAboutExplore
• Bhalala Foods Pvt LtdMahuva · dehydrated garlicAboutExplore
• Jain Farm Fresh Foods LtdJalgaon · dehydrated vegetablesAboutExplore

• KB Exports Pvt LtdMumbai · fresh fruit and vegetable exporter (KayBee)AboutExplore
• Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company LtdNashik · farmer-owned FPO; fruits and vegetablesAboutExplore
• Ninjacart (63 Ideas Infolabs Pvt Ltd)Bengaluru · B2B fresh produceAboutExplore
• BigBasket (Supermarket Grocery Supplies Pvt Ltd)Online groceryAboutExplore
• APEDAExport promotion, residue monitoring and registrationAboutExplore

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Quality and Price Drivers

Garlic is graded by bulb diameter (from about 20 mm to over 45 mm), clove size, firmness and skin colour. Big-bulb Ooty and G-282 types fetch the highest prices. Garlic prices are notoriously cyclical: a high-price year leads to heavy planting and a crash the following year. Chinese garlic, which India restricts, has at times entered through neighbouring countries and affected prices.

Garlic by State

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