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7. AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY<br />

Factors such as fertility of l<strong>and</strong>,<br />

The production of foodgrains during<br />

monsoon behaviour, rainfall, irrigation,, the year under <strong>report</strong> is 7504548 tonnes as<br />

application of fertilizers, climatic conditions, against 7<strong>10</strong>1735 tonnes in 08-09 recording a<br />

marketing facilities, prices, availability of remarkable increase of 402813 tonnes or<br />

agricultural labourers etc. determine the area<br />

<strong>and</strong> productivity of any <strong>crop</strong>. The <strong>crop</strong>-wise<br />

analysis of production between current year<br />

<strong>and</strong> previous year is presented in the table<br />

below.<br />

5.7%. Rice is major constituent accounting for<br />

75.5% of the total foodgrain production in the<br />

state.<br />

Cropwise production of foodgrain is<br />

given in the following table.<br />

CROPWISE PRODUCTION OF FOODGRAIN<br />

(in tonnes)<br />

Crop<br />

09-<strong>10</strong> 08-09<br />

Production % Production %<br />

A CEREALS<br />

1. Rice 5665258 75.49 5183385 72.99<br />

2. Jowar (Cholam) 221960 2.96 213436 3.01<br />

3. Bajra (Cumbu) 82652 1.<strong>10</strong> 84021 1.18<br />

4. Ragi 160939 2.14 169944 2.39<br />

5. Maize 1138126 15.17 1257882 17.71<br />

6. Korra 517 0.01 411 0.01<br />

7. Varagu 8805 0.12 5679 0.08<br />

8. Samai 19682 0.26 16503 0.23<br />

9. Other cereals 2240 0.03 3<strong>10</strong>4 0.04<br />

Sub Total (A) 7300179 97.28 6934365 97.64<br />

B PULSES<br />

<strong>10</strong>. Bengalgram 4542 0.06 4363 0.06<br />

11. Redgram 20274 0.27 16703 0.24<br />

12. Greengram 47673 0.64 31336 0.44<br />

13. Blackgram 98712 1.31 82983 1.17<br />

14. Horsegram 21816 0.29 2<strong>10</strong>52 0.30<br />

15. Other pulses 11352 0.15 <strong>10</strong>933 0.15<br />

Sub total (B) 204369 2.72 167370 2.36<br />

TOTAL FOODGRAIN (A+B) 7504548 <strong>10</strong>0.00 7<strong>10</strong>1735 <strong>10</strong>0.00<br />

The Production of Cereals <strong>and</strong> Pulses have increased by 5.3% <strong>and</strong> 22.1% respectively<br />

during the year 09-<strong>10</strong> over the previous year.<br />

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