Where and How Oranges Are Grown
Nagpur mandarin grows on the black soils of Nagpur, Amravati (Warud, Morshi) and Wardha in Maharashtra and neighbouring Chhindwara and Pandhurna in Madhya Pradesh. It gives two crops a year. Kinnow, a mandarin hybrid, grows in the canal-irrigated belt of Abohar and Fazilka in Punjab, Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan and Sirsa in Haryana; it is waxed and graded in packhouses and sent across India and to Bangladesh. Hill mandarins come from Kodagu, Darjeeling, Meghalaya (Khasi) and Assam.
- Kalamna Market, NagpurMain Nagpur orange marketAboutExplore
- Warud and Morshi, AmravatiOrange belt marketsAboutExplore
- Abohar, PunjabKinnow hub and packhousesAboutExplore
- Sri Ganganagar, RajasthanKinnow tradeAboutExplore
- ICAR – Central Citrus Research InstituteNagpurAboutExplore
- INI Farms Pvt LtdExporter of bananas, pomegranates and grapes to about 35 countriesAboutExplore
- Freshtrop Fruits LtdAhmedabad · listed; grapes and pomegranate exporterAboutExplore
- KB Exports Pvt LtdMumbai · fresh fruit and vegetable exporter (KayBee)AboutExplore
- Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company LtdNashik · grapes, fruits and processingAboutExplore
- APEDAExport registration and residue control (GrapeNet, AnarNet, MangoNet)AboutExplore
Uses and Value Chain
Most Nagpur mandarins and Kinnow are eaten fresh. Kinnow is also a major juice fruit for street vendors and processors in Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi. Peel goes into pectin and essential oil. New processing plants in Vidarbha aim to use the large ambia crop for juice and concentrate.
Quality and Grading
Kinnow is washed, waxed and graded by size in packhouses in Abohar and Sri Ganganagar, then packed in wooden or corrugated boxes. Nagpur mandarin is graded by size and colour; the deep-orange, easily peeled fruit of the mrig crop fetches the best prices. Greening disease, Phytophthora and declining old orchards are the main problems.
Exports and Price Drivers
Bangladesh is the largest buyer of Indian mandarins, so changes in Bangladesh's import duty strongly affect Vidarbha prices. Kinnow is also shipped to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Gulf. A big crop in one region can depress national prices for weeks.
Nagpur ambia crop
October to January.Nagpur mrig crop
February to April.Kinnow
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