Production Constraints being Faced by Acid Lime Growers of Andhra Pradesh

Acid lime cv. BALAJI a canker resistant high yielding Acid lime clone was developed and released for commercial cultivation in AP during 2006 (Madhavi et al., 2000). It is occupied an area of 30,000 ha in the state. In India acid lime is grown in the states of Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in a total area of 125457.00 ha from which about 1617783.00 tonnes of production is obtained annually. In Andhra Pradesh the acid lime is grown in an area of 0.48 lakh ha with a production of 7.31 lakh MT and the productivity of 15.00 MT per ha. Acid lime is grown in almost all the districts of AP and the largest area is in semi arid regions of Nellore, YSR Kadapa, Prakasam, Guntur, West Godavari, East Godavari, Nalgonda, Mahaboobnagar and Anantapur districts. Nellore district has the major area (21128 ha) of acid lime contributing 50 per cent of total production (316920 MT). Gudur town of Nellore district is having the largest market for acid lime in the country.