PINEAPPLE GROWING STATES IN NORTH EAST INDIA:

Commercial cultivation of pineapple in India started only about four decades back. The conditions prevailing in large parts of our country are ideal for pineapple cultivation and It is being cultivated in high rainfall and humid coastal regions of peninsular India and hilly areas of North-Eastern region. Of late, it has been shown that pineapple can also be grown commercially in the interior plains with medium rainfall and supplementary protective irrigation. It is grown in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka and Goa on a large scale, whereas in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on a small scale.