Agriculture

Agriculture plays a vital role in the development of the economy of the districts as about 70% of the total population is engaged with this basic industry a dire need is felt for modernization of this sector by providing latest technical know how to the Farmers in the shape of High yielding varieties of seeds, fertilizer, weedcicides and the usage of modern scientific Agriculture implements. However, steps are being taken by the Agriculture Deptt. for providing these facilities to the farmers but still the techniques adopted in the advance countries are yet a dream . Cropping pattern in the district is as under:-

S.NO:	Year	Rice	Maize	Wheat	Pluses	Fruit	Veg.	Others	Total
1	94-95	30358	12066	395	1233	10980	1997	399	57428
2	95-96	30363	11835	400	1255	11683	2213	210	57959
3	96-97	29965	11889	411	1562	11691	1596	200	57314
4	97-98	26296	9620	449	2642	11480	1707	181	52375
5	98-99	24631	11248	405	1861	12046	1765	2279	52335
6	2009-10	16408	4667	336	363	8220	2296	24779	57069

Against the above area brought under cultivation of different crops, the input viz fertilizer off take position during the period as per available records of co-operative Deptt. is as under:-

FERTILIZER OFF TAKE

S.No.	Year	Urea	D.A.P	MOP	NPK	Total
1	1994-95	82090	21404	689	--	104183
2	1995-96	68687	19494	766	--	68947
3	1996-97	18833	19048	311	--	38192
4	1997-98	66259	25909	650	--	92818
5	1998-99	71997	37524	1810	--	111331
6	2009-10	137586	29286	19685		186557

Inputs in the shape of high yielding varieties of Seed, the year-wise distribution is as under:-

S.NO	Year	Paddy	Maize	Wheat	Oil Seeds	Others
1	1994-95	170	131	15	107	1497
2	1995-96	194	60	80	25	794
3	1996-97	140	230	--	105	1478
4	1997-98	306	114	132	262	4526
5	1998-99	310	2380	--	06	--
6	2009-10	362	37	95	78	408
7	2010-11	1087	238	95	78.17	590.46

S.NO	Crop	Period of Sowing	Harvesting
1	Paddy	15^th of April to 10^th May	Ist September to 15^th October
2 3	Maize	20^th May to 20^th June	Ist September to 15^th October. 15^th May to 30^th June
2 3	Wheat	Ist October to 30^th October	Ist September to 15^th October. 15^th May to 30^th June

The average yield under different crops during kharief 1997 and 1998 and Rabi 1997 and 1998 and 2001-02 is as under:-

Year	Crop	Season	Average Yield Kg. Hectors	Total Production
1997	Paddy	Kharief	2730.32	9.81 Lac Qtls.
1998	Paddy	Kharief	4412.35	10.87 -do-
1997	Maize	Kharief	1027.20	0.99 -do-
1998	Maize	Kharief	815.99	0.92 -do-
1997	Saffron	Kharief	3.170	6.66 Qtls
1998	Saffron	Kharief	3.130	6.57 -do-
1997	Rape Must.	Rabi	772.84	131978 -do-
1998	Rape Must.	Rabi	703.78	116187 -do-
2001-02	Paddy	kharief	37	6.19
2001-02	Maize	Kharief	15.6	0.84
2001-02	Wheat	Rabi	30	0.11
2001-02	Safron	Kharief	0.03	0.00065
2001-02	Oil seeds	Rabi	12.10	1.68

Others

FERTILIZER OFF TAKE

Urea

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