FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Fruit and vegetables produced in the Northern Territory (NT) in 2006-07 were grown in the Statistical Sub Divisions (SSDs) of Litchfield Shire, Finnis, Alligator, Daly, Lower Top End NT and Central NT. The value of fruit and vegetables produced increased 63% from 2005-06 to $128 million in 2006-07.
The total value of the fruit crops produced in the NT in 2006-07 was $101 million, a 96% increase over the previous year's crop worth $52 million. The value of fruit produced in the Litchfield Shire region was $56 million, approximately half the total value of fruit produced in the Northern Territory. The next highest fruit growing region is the Lower Top End NT, producing $34 million of fruit from the farming districts to the north and south of Katherine. The main fruit crop grown in the NT is mango.
The value of vegetables grown in the NT in 2006-07 was unchanged from last year at $27 million. In 2006-07, 97% of all vegetables produced in the NT was grown in Litchfield Shire. This was comparable to the vegetable harvest of $27 million in 2005-06, with only 85% of vegetable production grown in Litchfield Shire. The second largest vegetable growing region was Central NT. Vegetables were not produced in the Alligator region in 2006-07.
Value of crops: Northern Territory
- 2006-07
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