season and crop report tamilnadu 2009-10

Mango
Mango is one of the trinity of Fruits in
Tamilnadu and is a seasonal one. It is
generally grown under rain-fed conditions in
the state. The area under the crop during
09-10 is 132697 ha in the State. Mango is
generally grown all over the state and
concentrated specifically in the districts of
Krishnagiri, Dindigul, Vellore, Tiruvallur,
Dharmapuri and Theni that together accounted
for 66.7% of the total area under this crop
during 09-10.
Year 09-10 08-09
%
var.
Area (in ha) 132697 130012 2.1
Groundnut
Groundnut is the major crop under
oilseeds accounting for 8.4% of the total
cropped area in the state during 09-10. It is
raised as both rain-fed as well as irrigated
crop. Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Vellore,
Namakkal, Salem, Erode, Pudukottai and
Kancheepuram districts constitute 64.9% of
the area under groundnut in the state during
09-10.
The area, production and yield rate of
Groundnut during 09-10 compared to 08-09
are furnished below:
Year 09-10 08-09
%
var.
Production
(in Tonnes)
Yield rate
(in Kg/ha)
636330 644626 -1.3
4795 4958 -3.3
Area (in ha) 413011 489844 -15.7
Production
(in Tonnes)
Yield rate
(in Kg/ha)
895718 974768 -8.1
2169 1990 9.0
800
5 YEAR TREND
5 YEAR TREND
700
600
695
702
645
636
1200
1000
1098
1006
1048
975
538
896
500
800
400
619
300
600
508
535
490
200
400
413
125
126
128
130
133
100
200
0
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
Area in '000' ha
Prod'n in '000' tonnes
0
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
Area in '000' ha
Prod'n in '000' tonnes
33