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CHAPTER – VRETENTION OF RAGI BY FARM HOUSEHOLD5.1 Ragi is retained fori) farm-family consumption,ii) consumption by permanent labour and temporary labour engaged on the farm,iii) seed purpose,iv) animal feed,v) barter (now nearly disappeared) andvi) Payments in kind and cash for different purposes.5.2 RETENTION FOR FARM FAMILY COSUMPTION5.2.1 The total quantity of Ragi retained for farm-family consumption was estimated at 1302.23 thousandtonnes. It worked out to 57.04 percent of total production. The State-wise, Category-wise estimates ofRagi retained for farm-family consumption as averages for the years 1996-97 to 98-99 are presented inAnnexure – V. The overall summary of the Annexure – V is given in Table No. 11 below :TABLE NO. 11RETENTION OF RAGI FOR CONSUMPTION BY THE FARM-FAMILY ON ALL INDIA BASIS.(AVERAGE 1996-97, 97-98 and 98-99).(‘000 tonnes)S.No. Category Total production QuantityretainedPercent ofproduction1. Small 844.01 548.70 65.012. Medium 671.14 348.32 51.903. Large 767.69 405.21 52.78All categories 2282.84 1302.23 57.045.2.2 State-wise break-up of the total retention of Ragi for consumption by the farm-family is furnished inTable No. 12.TABLE NO. 12STATE-WISE RETENTION OF RAGI (ALL CATEGORIES)FOR FARM-FAMILY CONSUMPTION.(AVERAGE 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99)(‘000 tonnes)S.No. State TotalproductionQuantityretainedPercent tototalproduction1 Andhra Pradesh 134.64 40.57 30.132 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 0.00 0.003 Assam 0.00 0.00 0.004 Bihar 69.88 57.34 82.055 Goa 0.00 0.00 0.006 Gujarat 20.79 15.89 76.437 Haryana 0.00 0.00 0.008 Himachal Pradesh 6.46 5.65 87.469 Jammu and Kashmir 0.00 0.00 0.0010 Karnataka 1315.97 690.39 52.4611 Kerala 0.00 0.00 0.0012 Madhya Pradesh 3.69 2.62 71.0013 Maharashtra 158.82 124.18 78.1914 Manipur 0.00 0.00 0.0015 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 0.0016 Mizoram 0.00 0.00 0.0017 Nagaland 0.00 0.00 0.00