season and crop report tamilnadu 2009-10

Cotton
As a commercial crop different
varieties of cotton are grown to the extent of
104095 ha in the state during the year under
report. The major cotton growing districts are
Perambalur, Salem, Tiruchy, Dharmapuri,
Virudhunagar, Vellore and Villupuram
together accounted for 68.6% of the total area
under cotton during 09-10. The Area,
Production and yield rate of cotton are
furnished in the table below:
Cashewnut
Cashewnut is the most important
commercial crop in the State. It was grown in
about 99043 ha in the state during 09-10.
Cashewnut is sown mostly in sandy soil
conditions. Perambalur and Cuddalore are the
main districts and have contributed 62.1% of
the total area under this crop in the state
during 09-10.
Year 09-10 08-09
%
var.
Area (in ha) 99043 99168 -0.1
Year 09-10 08-09
%
var.
Production
(in Tonnes)
49546 51667 -4.1
in terms of lint
Area (in ha) 104095 114516 -9.1
Production
(in bales
of 170 kg
each)
Yield
rate
(in Kg/ ha)
225448 187673 20.1
368 279 31.9
Yield rate
(in Kg/ha)
120
500 521 -4.0
5 YEAR TREND
5 YEAR TREND
100
106
104
101
99
99
250
05-06
06-07
221
225
200
07-08
08-09
09-10
201
188
80
150
168
60
44
51
58
52
50
110
115
40
100
99
104
100
20
50
0
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
0
Area in '000' ha.
Prod'n in '000' bales of
170 kg lint each
Area in '000' ha.
Prod'n in '000' tonnes
35