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2.5 AREA, PRODUCTION AND YIELD OF MAJOR AGRICULTURAL CROPS
Production: '000' Tonnes
Area: '000' Hectares
Yield: Kilograms per hectare.
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
1998-99R |
1999-2000 P |
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| CROP | Area |
Produc-tion |
Yield |
Area |
Produc-tion |
Yield |
Area |
Produc-tion |
Yield |
Area |
Produc-tion |
Yield |
Area |
Produc-tion |
Yield |
| Food Crops | |||||||||||||||
| Wheat | 8,377 |
16,907 |
2,018 |
8,109 |
16,651 |
2,053 |
8,355 |
18,694 |
2,238 |
8,230 |
17,858 |
2,170 |
8,462 |
21,095 |
2,493 |
| Rice | 2,162 |
3,967 |
1,835 |
2,251 |
4,305 |
1,912 |
2,317 |
4,333 |
1,870 |
2,424 |
4,674 |
1,928 |
2,515 |
5,156 |
2,050 |
| Maize | 881 |
1,283 |
1,457 |
871 |
1,259 |
1,445 |
869 |
1,251 |
1,440 |
962 |
1,665 |
1,730 |
894 |
1,351 |
1,512 |
| Gram | 1,119 |
680 |
607 |
1,100 |
594 |
540 |
1,102 |
767 |
696 |
1,077 |
698 |
648 |
972 |
565 |
581 |
| Bajra | 407 |
162 |
397 |
303 |
146 |
480 |
460 |
211 |
459 |
463 |
213 |
460 |
313 |
156 |
497 |
| Jowar | 418 |
255 |
609 |
370 |
219 |
593 |
390 |
231 |
593 |
383 |
228 |
595 |
357 |
220 |
617 |
| Barley | 172 |
174 |
1,016 |
152 |
150 |
986 |
163 |
174 |
1,070 |
137 |
137 |
1,001 |
129 |
_ |
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| Moong | 199 |
91 |
455 |
192 |
90 |
465 |
195 |
89 |
455 |
200 |
91 |
453 |
203 |
95 |
468 |
| Mash | 58 |
28 |
488 |
57 |
28 |
495 |
49 |
26 |
526 |
46 |
25 |
547 |
43 |
24 |
547 |
| Masoor | 66 |
34 |
521 |
70 |
35 |
501 |
71 |
40 |
565 |
58 |
38 |
651 |
56 |
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| Fibre Crop | |||||||||||||||
| Cotton* | 2,997 |
10,595 |
601 |
3,149 |
9,374 |
506 |
2,960 |
9,184 |
528 |
2,923 |
8,790 |
512 |
2,983 |
11,240 |
641 |
| Other Crops | |||||||||||||||
| Sugarcane | 963 |
45,230 |
46,963 |
965 |
41,998 |
43,521 |
1,056 |
53,104 |
50,279 |
1,155 |
55,191 |
47,780 |
1,010 |
46,333 |
45,883 |
| Rapeseed and Mustard | 320 |
255 |
796 |
354 |
286 |
807 |
340 |
292 |
859 |
327 |
279 |
855 |
316 |
288 |
910 |
| Sesamum | 90 |
40 |
444 |
100 |
45 |
452 |
96 |
43 |
442 |
71 |
32 |
452 |
72 |
35 |
494 |
| Tobacco | 46 |
80 |
1,733 |
49 |
92 |
1,870 |
53 |
99 |
1,846 |
57 |
109 |
1,899 |
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Source: Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock (Economic Wing )
*: Production in '000' bales ( 1 bale = 375 lbs. or 170.09711 Kgs.)
R: Revised
P: Provisional