Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District

Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District
Table 2.23. Comparison of Cropping Intensity (%) (2008-09)
Districts Cropping Intensity (%) Districts Cropping Intensity (%)
Balasore 154 Keojhar 152
Bhadrak 138 Orissa State 162
Mayurbhanj 130 - -
Source: Orissa Agricultural Statistics, 2008-09
Area under different crops in kharif and rabi season is presented below. In kharif season
paddy is the principal crop with coverage of 91.69% of the total cropped area in the season.
This is followed by vegetable crops, chilies and jute. Similarly, in rabi season, pulse crop
like mung, biri and vegetables are the principal crop of the area. Sugarcane is cultivated in
330 ha in the district. Mung and Biri are cultivated in available residual moisture in the
paddy field. Cultivation of cash crops like sunflower, groundnut, potato, onion, spices etc. is
marginal in the district.
Paddy is cultivated in vast patches during kharif throughout the district. In rabi season,
paddy is cultivated only under irrigated conditions.
Table 2.24. Season wise area under cultivation of different crops (2008-09)
(Area in 000 ha)
Crop
Area
Kharif
% to total cropped area Area
Rabi
% to total cropped area
Rice 211.46 91.69 34.08 36.57
Wheat 0.80 0.86
Maize 0.32 0.14 0.08 0.09
Total Cereals 211.78 91.83 34.96 37.51
Arhar 0.08 0.03
Mung 0.07 0.03 7.52 8.07
Biri 0.23 0.10 6.65 7.14
Kulthi 0.04 0.04
Gram 0.08 0.09
Cowpea 0.36 0.39
Field Pea 0.25 0.27
Other Pulses 0.21 0.09 0.04 0.04
Total Pulses 0.59 0.26 14.94 16.03
Groundnut 0.05 0.02 15.06 16.16
Til 0.09 0.04 1.41 1.51
Castor 0.06 0.03 0.05 0.05
Mustard 4.01 4.30
Sunflower 0.17 0.18
Total Oilseeds 0.20 0.09 20.70 22.21
Jute 1.85 0.80
Mesta 0.08 0.03
Sunhemp 0.42 0.18
Total Fibers 2.35 1.02 0.00 0.00
Sweet Potato 0.10 0.04 0.03 0.03
Potato 0.11 0.12
Onion 1.01 1.08
Other Vegetables 12.48 5.41 17.48 18.76
Total Vegetables 12.58 5.45 18.63 19.99
Chilies 1.70 0.74 2.27 2.44
Coriander 0.98 1.05
Garlic 0.39 0.42
Turmeric 0.88 0.38
Ginger 0.55 0.24
Total Spices 3.13 1.36 3.64 3.91
Sugarcane 0.33 0.35
Gross Cropped Area 230.63 100.00 93.20 100.00
Source: Orissa Agricultural Statistics, 2008-09
Regarding productivity of major crops cultivated in the district, productivity of kharif paddy
is 10.98% lower than state average. Similarly, productivity of sweet potato, turmeric, maize,
garlic, Arhar, groundnut, jute, onion, wheat, castor, sunflower and sugarcane are lower
than state averages. But the yield rate of gram, mung, biri, Til, Mesta, Sunhemp, Ginger,
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