Agriculture : An Overview

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
1998-99*
1997-98*
1996-97
1990-91
1980-81
Mn. tonnes
Foodgrains†
203.0
192.3
199.4
176.4
129.6
Cereals
188.2
179.3
185.2
162.1
119.0
Rice
86.0
82.5
81.7
74.3
53.6
Wheat
70.8
66.3
69.4
55.1
36.3
Jowar
8.7
7.5
10.9
11.7
10.4
Bajra
7.0
7.6
7.9
6.9
5.3
Maize
10.7
10.8
10.8
9.0
7.0
Others
5.0
4.6
4.5
5.1
6.4
Pulses
14.8
13
14.2
14.3
10.6
Gram
6.7
6.1
5.6
5.4
4.3
Tur
2.8
1.8
2.7
2.4
2.0
Others
5.3
5.1
5.9
6.5
4.3
Oilseeds††
25.2
21.3
24.4
18.6
9.4
Groundnut (in shell)
9.2
7.4
8.6
7.5
5
Rapeseed & mustard
5.8
4.7
6.7
5.2
2.3
Others
10.2
9.2
9.1
5.9
2.1
Tobacco
n.a.
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
Cotton @
12.2
10.9
14.2
9.8
7.0
Jute@
8.7
10.0
10.0
7.9
6.5
Sugarcane (cane-weight)
295.7
279.5
277.6
241
154.2
Tea
0.87
0.81
0.78
0.70
0.60
Coffee
0.27
0.23
0.21
0.20
0.10
Note: * Provisional.
† 1999-00: 205.9 mn.tonnes, of which, rice: 88.3 mn.tonnes & wheat:74.3 mn. tonnes; (anticipated - 2000-2001: 210 mn. Tonnes)
†† Comprising groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, sesamum, linseed, castorseed, nigerseed, safflower, sunflower & soyabean.
@ Cotton in mn. bales of 170 kg. & jute in mn. bales of 180 kg.each.

AREA UNDER AGRICULTURAL CROPS
1998-99* 1997-98* 1996-97 1990-91 1980-81
Mn. Hectares
Foodgrains 125.4 123.8 123.5 127.8 126.7
Cereals 101.5 101.0 101.1 103.2 104.2
Rice 44.6 43.4 43.4 42.7 40.1
Wheat 27.4 26.7 25.9 24.2 22.3
Jowar 10.0 10.8 11.4 14.4 15.8
Bajra 9.3 9.7 10 10.5 11.7
Maize 6.1 6.3 6.3 5.9 6.0
Others 4.1 4.1 4.1 5.5 8.3
Pulses 23.8 22.9 22.4 24.7 22.5
Gram 8.4 7.6 6.8 7.5 6.6
Tur 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6 2.8
Others 11.9 11.9 12.1 13.6 13.1
Oilseeds† 26.7 26.1 26.3 24.1 17.6
Groundnut 7.6 7.1 7.6 8.3 6.8
Rapeseed & mustard 6.6 7.0 6.5 5.8 4.1
Others 12.5 12.0 12.2 10.0 6.7
Cotton 9.3 8.9 9.1 7.4 0.4
Jute 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 7.8
Sugarcane 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.7 0.9
Tea n.a. n.a. 0.4 0.4 2.7
Coffee n.a. n.a. 0.3 0.3 0.4
Note: * Provisional.
† See third footnote to table titled " Agricultural Production "
YIELD OF SELECTED CROPS
1998-99* 1997-98* 1996-97 1990-91 1980-81
Kg. per hectare
Foodgrains 1620 1552 1614 1380 1023
Kharif 1395 1370 1379 1231 933
Rabi 1944 1825 1980 1635 1195
Cereals 1854 1775 1831 1571 1142
Kharif 1541 1529 1523 1357 1015
Rabi 2381 2196 2376 2010 1434
Pulses 622 567 635 578 473
Kharif 499 409 512 471 361
Rabi 716 702 747 672 571
Rice 1928 1900 1882 1740 1336
Kharif 1805 1821 1773 1670 1303
Rabi 3125 2765 2856 2671 2071
Wheat 2583 2485 2679 2281 1630
Jowar 873 697 956 814 660
Kharif 1066 954 1214 969 737
Rabi 672 458 696 582 520
Maize 1755 1711 1720 1518 1159
Bajra 758 791 788 658 458
Gram 794 811 813 712 657
Oilseeds† 944 816 926 771 532
Kharif 987 913 902 698 492
Rabi 875 675 963 872 588
Groundnut 1210 1040 1138 904 736
Sugarcane (tonnes)†† 73 71 66 65 58
Cotton 223 208 265 225 152
Jute 1861 1978 1998 1833 1245
Note: * Provisional.
† Comprising groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, sesamum, linseed, castorseed, nigerseed, safflower, sunflower & soyabean.
†† In terms of cane-weight.
 
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