Accelerating India’s High Value Crop Diversification

• Policy push by Union Budget 2026-27 to diversify Indian farm output toward high-value crops — coconut, cashew, cocoa, sandalwood (coastal), agarwood (NE), and temperate nuts (walnut, almond, pine nut) in hills.
• Strategy targets farm income augmentation, export competitiveness, and agro-climatic optimisation beyond cereal-dominant cropping.
• Relevant for GS-III (Agriculture, Cropping patterns, MSP-alternatives, Food processing) and Prelims (schemes, production rankings, export data).