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Following the tsunami, the degradation of 20,00030,000 ha of farmland caused rice
production to fall from 1,522,083 ton in 2004 to 1,403,139 ton in 2005, a drop of about
148,944 ton (9.6%). Maize production, which had risen steadily from 36,642 ton in 2000 to
94,427 ton in 2005, did not appear to be affected by the tsunami. Soybean production,
which had been high in 1999 (106,480 ton), showed a very worrying decline during 2000 to
2003 plummeting to a low of only 18,698 tons, then rising again in 2004 and 2005 to
31,170-31,076 ton. The production of other crops, such as peanuts, mung beans, cassava
and sweet potato, fluctuated from 2002 with a rise in 2004 followed by a slight decrease in
2005 (Figure 6).
Besides staple food crops, horticulture supplied the community with fruit and vegetables. In
2004, the area under cultivation for vegetables was 34,392 ha, of which 31,252 ha was
harvested , yielding a total of 1,976,774 kw, a productivity rate of 63 kw/ha (Figure 7). For
fruit, the total area harvested was 13,505 ha, production 268,356 ton and productivity 19
ton/ha (54.61 kg/tree/year). After the tsunami, there was an increase in the area put under
cultivation for horticulture but an overall decrease in harvested area, production and
productivity. For vegetables, the cultivated area rose to 35,189 ha and harvested area to
32,710 ha, while production fell to 1,824,796 kw and productivity to 55.6 kw/ha (Annex 8).
Production of Secondary Crops in NAD Province (1999-2005)
120,000
Secondary Crops Production (tons)
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year
Corn Soybean Peanut Mung beans Cassava Sweet potato
Figure 6. Production of Secondary Crops (1999-2005) in NAD Province.
10 Post Tsunami “Green” Environmental Data Assessment in
Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam