season and crop report tamilnadu 2009-10

Sugarcane
Sugarcane is the most important
commercial crop grown in the State. Out of
293329 ha of area under Sugarcane, 54.6% is
planted and 45.4% is Ratoon.
Villupuram, Erode, Cuddalore,
Thiruvannamalai, Namakkal, Dharmapuri,
Vellore and Salem districts together accounted
for 57.8% of the total Sugarcane area of the
state during 09-10. The area, production and
yield rate of Sugarcane for the year 09-10
compared to 08-09 are shown in the table
below:
Chillies
Chillies is another important
commercial crop grown in the State. This is
mainly grown in Ramanathapuram and
Thoothukudi districts and sparsely grown in
almost all other districts. These two districts
together share 59.4% of the total area under
this crop during 09-10. The following table
shows the area, production and yield rate of
chillies during 09-10 compared to 08-09.
Year 09-10 08-09
%
var.
Area (in ha) 58476 65412 -10.6
Year 09-10 08-09
%
var.
Production
(in Tonnes)
31230 32924 -5.1
in terms of Cane
Area (in ha) 293329 308800 -5.0
Prod’n
in
tonnes
Yield
rate in
Ton / ha
29758209 32798888 -9.3
101 106 -4.7
Yield rate
(in Kg/ha)
80
5 YEAR TREND
534 503 6.2
5 YEAR TREND
70
67
65
400
391
50000
60
61
58
335
45168
354
45000
50
49
(in '000' ha)
300
200
35113
38071
309
32799
293
29758
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
(in '000' tonnes)
40
30
20
32
43
34
33
31
10
15000
100
10000
0
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
5000
Area in '000' ha
Prod'n in '000' tonnes
0
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
0
Area in '000' ha
Prod'n in '000' tonnes
31