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Table Contents Page No. 4. AGRICULTURE 4.1 Soil Classification 102

4.2 Land Utilisation 103

4.3 Area, Production and Productivity of Principal Crops 106

4.4 Area under Principal Crops by Districts 107-110

4.5 Area under Principal Crops as Percentages to the Total 111-114 Area Sown by Districts

4.6 Production of Principal Crops by Districts 115-120

4.7 Agricultural Machinery and Implements 121

4.8 Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides 122

4.9 Number of Operational Holdings 123

4.10 Area of Operational Holdings 124

4.11 Index Numbers of Agricultural Production and Productivity 125

4.12 Time Series Data - Area of Important Crops in Tamil Nadu 126

4.13 Time Series Data - Productivity and Production of Important 127-128 Crops in Tamil Nadu 4.14 Micro-Nutrient Mixtures Capacity, Production and 129 Distribution 4.15 Distribution of Quality Seeds 129

4.16 Seed Replacement by Crops 130

4.17 Production and Distribution of Breeder Seeds from Tamil 131 Nadu Agricultural University 4.18 Regulated Markets, Check Posts, Rural Godowns, 132-133 Commercial Grading Centres and Kapas Grading Centres in Tamil Nadu 4.19 Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yogana (PMFBY) 134-136

4.20 Area and Production of Horticultural Crops by Districts 137-149

4.20(A) Area and Production of Minor Crops by Districts 150-157 102 AGRICULTURE

4. AGRICULTURE

4.1 SOIL CLASSIFICATION 2017-18

Agro Climatic Areas in Tamil Nadu Soil Type zones North Eastern Zone Kancheepuram. Tiruvallur. 1.Red Sandy Loam

Cuddalore. Vellore. 2.Clay Loam

Villupuram and 3.Saline Coastal Alluvium Thiruvannamalai.

North Western Zone Dharmapuri. Salem and 1. Non Calcareous Red

Namakkal 2. Non Calcareous brown

3. Calcareous Black

Western Zone Erode. Coimbatore. Tiruppur. 1.Red Loamy

Theni (Part). Karur (Part). 2. Black Namakkal (part). Dindigul (Part)

Cauvery Delta Zone Thanjavur. Nagapattinam. 1.Red Loamy (New Delta)

Tiruvarur. Trichy. 2.Alluvium (Old Delta) Perambalur. Ariyalur. Pudukkottai (Part) and Cuddalore (Part). Southern Zone Madurai. Sivaganga. 1.Coastal Alluviam

Ramanathapuram. 2.Black

Virudhunagar . Tirunelveli 3.Red Sandy soil and Thoothukkudi. 4.Deep Red soil

High Rainfall Zon e Kanyakumari 1.Saline Coastal

2.Alluvium

3.Deep Red Loam

Hilly Zone The Nilgiris and Dindigul Latteritic (Part)

Source: Director of Agriculture. Department of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

AGRICULTURE 103 4.2 LAND UTILISATION (Area in Hec.) % % Share to Share to Total Total Classification 2016-17 2017-18 Geogra Geogra phical phical Area Area

13033116 - 13033116 - A. Total Geographical Area

1. By Professional Survey 13033116 - 13033116 -

2. By Village Papers 13033116 - 13033116 -

B. Classification

2156574 16.5 1. Forests 2156574 16.5

457671 3.5 2. Barren and Unculturable land 457613 3.5

3. Land put to Non-agricultural 2201305 16.9 2201516 16.9 Uses

322706 2.5 4. Culturable Waste 319870 2.5

5. Permanent Pastures and other 107768 0.8 107717 0.8 grazing lands 6. Land under misc. tree crops 231676 1.8 and groves not included in 226409 1.7

the net area sown 1360867 10.4 7. Current fallow lands 991687 7.6

1847525 14.2 8.Other fallow lands 1933169 14.8

4347024 33.4 9. Net area sown 4638561 35.6

781618 6.0 1091015 8.4 Area sown more than once

Gross Area Sown 5128642 39.4 5729576 44

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

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106 AGRICULTURE 4.3 AREA. PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PRINCIPAL CROPS 2017-18

Area Production Productivity Crop (Hect) (Tonnes) (in Kg./Hec.) A. CEREALS 1. Paddy * 1828919 6638450 3630 2. Cholam(Jowar) 385646 430661 1117 3. Cumbu (Bajra) 63029 143548 2277 4. Ragi 86513 321332 3714 5. Maize 324518 2591632 7986 6. Small Millets 25278 31226 1235 7. Total Cereals 2713903 10156849 3743 B. PULSES 8. Bengal gram 5205 4820 926 9. Red gram 49225 53788 1093 10. Green gram 180587 78259 433 11. Black gram 426332 301662 707 12. Horse gram 62207 48534 780 13. Other Pulses 101140 69387 686 14. Total Pulses 824696 556450 675 15. Total Foodgrains (A+B) 3538599 10713299 3028 C. OIL SEEDS 16. Groundnut 327352 1007452 3078 17. Gingelly 41582 23054 555 18. Coconut @ 436022 41765 9579 18. Castor 4374 1417 312 20. Other Oil Seeds 12015 - - 21. Total Oil Seeds 821345 - - D. OTHER CROPS 22. Cotton # 181631 438585 410 23. Sugarcane ** 171856 17153978 100 24. Tobacco 3788 5710 1525 25. Chillies 44120 18108 410 26. All other crops 263105 17616377 2445 27. Total (Other Crops) 5203366 - - 28. Total Crops (B+C+D) 5729576 - - Production & Yieldrate: *Paddy - In terms of Rice; **Sugarcane - In terms of Cane. Yield rate in tonnes per hectare @ Coconut – Production in lakh nuts. Yield rate in Lakh Nuts per ha # Cotton – Production in Bales of 170 Kg lint each Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

AGRICULTURE 107 4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18

(Area in Hectares) District Paddy Cholam Cumbu Ragi Maize 1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Kancheepuram 90614 6 43 172 0 2. Thiruvallur 102609 37 709 320 6 3. Cuddalore 131222 17 5217 179 18857 4. Villupuram 163632 1607 29066 2261 18860 5. Vellore 54938 4825 1352 6782 3259 6. Tiruvannamalai 161709 688 6083 4839 2108 7. Salem 18683 50957 588 7307 34410 8. Namakkal 7311 80308 230 538 7490 9. Dharmapuri 22233 22144 431 16723 6945 10. Krishnagiri 24885 3961 622 41272 3112 11. Coimbatore 680 26774 205 6 3946 12. Thiruppur 7617 39532 391 0 21451

13. Erode 10768 124 269 5488 18209 14. Tiruchirappalli 46623 33992 517 5 12269 15. Karur 11193 19053 450 13 2025 16. Perambalur 9233 531 89 2 39725 17. Ariyalur 22664 253 1486 22 14997 18. Pudukkottai 85681 54 10 13 3415 19. Thanjavur 170697 8 3 3 900 20. Thiruvarur 180999 0 0 0 0 21. Nagapattinam 163888 0 0 1 13 22. Madurai 20928 11834 1614 10 8788 23. Theni 7055 10060 1486 21 6972 24. Dindigul 8802 50889 430 18 27116 25. Ramanathapuram 126643 3604 602 330 751 26. Virudhunagar 18597 13130 1382 54 24034 27. Sivaganga 72150 218 4 84 31 28. Tirunelveli 63311 393 140 25 11612

29. Thoothukkudi 13686 10646 9610 25 33212 30. The Nilgiris 239 0 0 0 0 31. Kanniyakumari 9628 1 0 0 5

STATE 1828919 385646 63029 86513 324518

108 AGRICULTURE 4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 - (Contd.)

(Area in Hectares) Other Total Bengal Red Green District Cereals Cereals Gram gram Gram 1 7 8 9 10 11 1. Kancheepuram 4 90839 0 17 417 2. Thiruvallur 0 103681 0 183 8705 3. Cuddalore 1122 156614 0 67 9797 4. Villupuram 1160 216586 0 161 1745 5. Vellore 1714 72870 5 9880 1796 6. Tiruvannamalai 6125 181552 5 1172 628 7. Salem 1664 113609 10 2320 11966 8. Namakkal 639 96516 240 584 6581 9. Dharmapuri 5058 73534 852 8709 1583 10. Krishnagiri 1096 74948 0 8155 1061 11. Coimbatore 7 31618 1386 170 796 12. Thiruppur 7 68998 2313 108 2238 13. Erode 24 34882 0 1299 483 14. Tiruchirappalli 6 93412 6 2584 457 15. Karur 6 32740 0 5446 484 16. Perambalur 109 49689 4 565 4 17. Ariyalur 87 39509 0 155 5 18. Pudukkottai 69 89242 0 554 4 19. Thanjavur 19 171630 3 72 3489 20. Thiruvarur 0 180999 0 8 45334 21. Nagapattinam 0 163902 0 0 32434 22. Madurai 2778 45952 52 2793 3606 23. Theni 112 25706 0 2045 2206 24. Dindigul 41 87296 308 1397 2154 25. Ramanathapuram 1162 133092 0 2 300 26. Virudhunagar 1936 59133 7 663 4795 27. Sivaganga 37 72524 6 83 24 28. Tirunelveli 25 75507 0 12 5061 29. Thoothukkudi 265 67444 8 21 32432 30. The Nilgiris 6 245 0 0 2 31. Kanniyakumari 0 9634 0 0 0

STATE 25278 2713903 5205 49225 180587

AGRICULTURE 109 4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 -(Contd.)

(Area in Hectares) Black Horse Other Total Total Food District Gram gram Pulses Pulses Grains

1 12 13 14 15 16

1. kancheepuram 2356 0 12 2802 93641 2. Thiruvallur 1242 15 35 10180 113861 3. Cuddalore 51303 1 158 61326 217940 4. Villupuram 78649 67 4120 84742 301328 5. Vellore 3205 7516 2679 25081 97951 6. Tiruvannamalai 21857 4240 999 28901 210453 7. Salem 6569 4125 29079 54069 167678 8. Namakkal 3277 1297 2539 14518 111036 9. Dharmapuri 4838 10402 14663 41047 114581 10. Krishnagiri 2136 17271 12274 40897 115845 11. Coimbatore 501 1664 3980 8497 40115 12. Thiruppur 3160 6389 2943 17151 86149 13. Erode 1054 1451 1344 5631 40513 14. Tiruchirappalli 5556 829 808 10240 103652 15. Karur 1881 2891 1586 12288 45028 16. Perambalur 392 2 6 973 50662 17. Ariyalur 6409 7 0 6576 46085 18. Pudukkottai 4280 29 565 5432 94674 19. Thanjavur 31379 0 0 34943 206573 20. Thiruvarur 53311 0 0 98653 279652 21. Nagapattinam 38668 0 0 71102 235004 22. Madurai 1314 22 4237 12024 57976 23. Theni 2680 550 7461 14942 40648 24. Dindigul 11193 3240 9896 28188 115484 25. Ramanathapuram 3434 1 326 4063 137155 26. Virudhunagar 4078 38 592 10173 69306 27. Sivaganga 1347 147 390 1997 74521 28. Tirunelveli 30197 4 247 35521 111028 29. Thoothukkudi 49737 9 195 82402 149846 30. The Nilgiris 0 0 0 2 247 31. Kanniyakumari 329 0 6 335 9969 STATE 426332 62207 101140 824696 3538599

110 AGRICULTURE 4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 - (Contd.)

(Area in Hectares) Sugar- Ground District Cotton Gingelly Castor cane nut 1 17 18 19 20 21 1. Kancheepuram 1661 0 10388 786 0 2. Thiruvallur 5734 0 7790 911 28 3. Cuddalore 18747 10971 10120 3188 8 4. Villupuram 49644 8403 37019 6113 9 5. Vellore 5201 6341 29842 188 226 6. Tiruvannamalai 20070 587 63862 2131 8 7. Salem 5755 17099 17748 1951 562 8. Namakkal 10152 2226 27450 1147 1254 9. Dharmapuri 8114 14465 10874 346 291 10. Krishnagiri 540 3273 10490 475 868 11. Coimbatore 401 458 3581 198 15 12. Thiruppur 1390 908 8176 1018 44 13. Erode 8742 755 18993 5336 296 14. Tiruchirappalli 1749 14887 10382 1405 358 15. Karur 915 286 3078 4862 29 16. Perambalur 4452 32995 2175 380 200 17. Ariyalur 5108 10892 9850 693 47 18. Pudukkottai 3388 20 10596 1245 1 19. Thanjavur 4754 816 8010 3570 5 20. Thiruvarur 168 4199 2975 558 0 21. Nagapattinam 596 2256 1737 284 0 22. Madurai 2374 12131 1774 178 36 23. Theni 2939 2408 1721 1177 65 24. Dindigul 1661 5133 6347 460 10 25. Ramanathapuram 213 2152 2925 1126 0 26. Virudhunagar 1547 17186 5194 861 10 27. Sivaganga 3268 691 3063 149 1 28. Tirunelveli 2529 3553 570 412 1 29. Thoothukkudi 39 6540 605 434 2 30. The Nilgiris 5 0 7 0 0 31. Kanniyakumari 0 0 10 0 0

STATE 171856 181631 327352 41582 4374 Source: Department of Economics & Statistics. Chennai-600 006

AGRICULTURE 111 4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2017-18

Paddy Cholam District % to % to % to % to District State District State 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kancheepuram 72.73 4.95 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 67.92 5.61 0.02 0.01 3 Cuddalore 41.41 7.17 0.01 0 4 Villupuram 35.36 8.95 0.35 0.42 5 Vellore 29.49 3 2.59 1.25 6 Tiruvannamalai 51.36 8.84 0.22 0.18 7 Salem 6.62 1.02 18.05 13.21 8 Namakkal 3.6 0.4 39.59 21.02 9 Dharmapuri 11.13 1.22 11.08 5.74 10 Krishnagiri 11.79 1.36 1.88 1.03 11 Coimbatore 0.4 0.04 15.73 6.94 12 Thiruppur 4.27 0.42 22.15 10.25 13 Erode 7.15 0.59 0.08 0.03 14 Tiruchirappalli 28.73 2.55 20.95 8.81 15 Karur 14.39 0.61 24.5 4.94 16 Perambalur 8.7 0.5 0.5 0.14 17 Ariyalur 20.93 1.24 0.23 0.07 18 Pudukkottai 64.74 4.68 0.04 0.01 19 Thanjavur 63.03 9.53 0 0 20 Thiruvarur 61.62 9.9 0 0 21 Nagapattinam 63.55 8.96 0 0 22 Madurai 20.01 1.14 11.32 3.07 23 Theni 6.16 0.39 8.78 2.61 24 Dindigul 3.97 0.48 22.94 13.2 25 Ramanathapuram 71.12 6.92 2.02 0.93 26 Virudhunagar 15.02 1.02 10.61 3.4 27 Sivaganga 68.96 3.94 0.21 0.06 28 Tirunelveli 38.24 3.46 0.24 0.1 29 Thoothukkudi 6.68 0.75 5.2 2.76 30 The Nilgiris 0.33 0.01 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 12.45 0.53 0 0 STATE 31.92 100 6.73 100

112 AGRICULTURE 4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 - (Contd.) Cumbu Ragi District % to % to % to % to District State District State 1 6 7 8 9

1 Kancheepuram 0.03 0.07 0.14 0.2 2 Thiruvallur 0.47 1.12 0.21 1.12 3 Cuddalore 1.65 8.28 0.06 8.28 4 Villupuram 6.28 46.11 0.49 46.11 5 Vellore 0.73 2.15 3.64 2.15 6 Tiruvannamalai 1.93 9.65 1.54 9.65 7 Salem 0.21 0.93 2.59 0.93 8 Namakkal 0.11 0.36 0.27 0.36 9 Dharmapuri 0.22 0.68 8.37 0.68 10 Krishnagiri 0.29 0.99 19.56 0.99 11 Coimbatore 0.12 0.33 0 0.33 12 Thiruppur 0.22 0.62 0 0.62 13 Erode 0.18 0.43 3.64 0.43 14 Tiruchirappalli 0.32 0.82 0 0.82 15 Karur 0.58 0.71 0.02 0.71 16 Perambalur 0.08 0.14 0 0.14 17 Ariyalur 1.37 2.36 0.02 2.36 18 Pudukkottai 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 19 Thanjavur 0 0 0 0 20 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 0 21 Nagapattinam 0 0 0 0 22 Madurai 1.54 2.56 0.01 2.56 23 Theni 1.3 2.36 0.02 2.36 24 Dindigul 0.19 0.68 0.01 0.68 25 Ramanathapuram 0.34 0.96 0.19 0.96 26 Virudhunagar 1.12 2.19 0.04 2.19 27 Sivaganga 0 0.01 0.08 0.01 28 Tirunelveli 0.08 0.22 0.02 0.22 29 Thoothukkudi 4.69 15.25 0.01 15.25 30 The Nilgiris 0 0 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 0 0 0 0 STATE 1.1 100 1.51 100

AGRICULTURE 113 4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 - (Contd.)

Sugarcane Cotton District % to % to % to State % to State District District 1 10 11 12 13 1 Kancheepuram 1.33 0.97 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 3.8 3.34 0 0 3 Cuddalore 5.92 10.91 3.46 6.04 4 Villupuram 10.73 28.88 1.82 4.63 5 Vellore 2.79 3.03 3.4 3.49 6 Tiruvannamalai 6.37 11.68 0.19 0.32 7 Salem 2.04 3.35 6.06 9.41 8 Namakkal 5 5.91 1.1 1.23 9 Dharmapuri 4.06 4.72 7.24 7.96 10 Krishnagiri 0.26 0.31 1.55 1.8 11 Coimbatore 0.24 0.23 0.27 0.25 12 Thiruppur 0.78 0.81 0.51 0.5 13 Erode 5.8 5.09 0.5 0.42 14 Tiruchirappalli 1.08 1.02 9.18 8.2 15 Karur 1.18 0.53 0.37 0.16 16 Perambalur 4.2 2.59 31.1 18.16 17 Ariyalur 4.72 2.97 10.06 6 18 Pudukkottai 2.56 1.97 0.02 0.01 19 Thanjavur 1.76 2.77 0.3 0.45 20 Thiruvarur 0.06 0.1 1.43 2.31 21 Nagapattinam 0.23 0.35 0.88 1.24 22 Madurai 2.27 1.38 11.6 6.68 23 Theni 2.56 1.71 2.1 1.33 24 Dindigul 0.75 0.97 2.31 2.83 25 Ramanathapuram 0.12 0.12 1.21 1.18 26 Virudhunagar 1.25 0.9 13.88 9.46 27 Sivaganga 3.12 1.9 0.66 0.38 28 Tirunelveli 1.53 1.47 2.15 1.96 29 Thoothukkudi 0.02 0.02 3.19 3.6 30 The Nilgiris 0.01 0 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 0 0 0 0 STATE 3 100 3.17 100

114 AGRICULTURE 4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 (Contd.)

Groundnut Gingelly District % to % to % to % to District State District State 1 14 15 16 17 1 Kancheepuram 8.34 3.17 0.63 1.89 2 Thiruvallur 5.16 2.38 0.6 2.19 3 Cuddalore 3.19 3.09 1.01 7.67 4 Villupuram 8 11.32 1.32 14.7 5 Vellore 16.02 9.12 0.1 0.45 6 Tiruvannamalai 20.28 19.51 0.68 5.12 7 Salem 6.29 5.42 0.69 4.69 8 Namakkal 13.53 8.39 0.57 2.76 9 Dharmapuri 5.44 3.32 0.17 0.83 10 Krishnagiri 4.97 3.2 0.23 1.14 11 Coimbatore 2.1 1.09 0.12 0.48 12 Thiruppur 4.58 2.5 0.57 2.45 13 Erode 12.6 5.8 3.54 12.84 14 Tiruchirappalli 6.4 3.17 0.87 3.38 15 Karur 3.96 0.94 6.25 11.69 16 Perambalur 2.05 0.66 0.36 0.91 17 Ariyalur 9.1 3.01 0.64 1.67 18 Pudukkottai 8.01 3.24 0.94 2.99 19 Thanjavur 2.96 2.45 1.32 8.59 20 Thiruvarur 1.01 0.91 0.19 1.34 21 Nagapattinam 0.67 0.53 0.11 0.68 22 Madurai 1.7 0.54 0.17 0.43 23 Theni 1.5 0.53 1.03 2.83 24 Dindigul 2.86 1.94 0.21 1.11 25 Ramanathapuram 1.64 0.89 0.63 2.71 26 Virudhunagar 4.2 1.59 0.7 2.07 27 Sivaganga 2.93 0.94 0.14 0.36 28 Tirunelveli 0.34 0.17 0.25 0.99 29 Thoothukkudi 0.3 0.18 0.21 1.04 30 The Nilgiris 0.01 0 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 0.01 0 0 0 STATE 5.71 100 0.73 100

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

AGRICULTURE 115 4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18

(in Tonnes) Paddy Cholam (in terms of Rice) District % to % to Production Production State State 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kancheepuram 394576 5.9 7 0 2 Thiruvallur 412852 6.2 41 0.01 3 Cuddalore 564541 8.5 19 0 4 Villupuram 703285 10.6 1815 0.42 5 Vellore 255173 3.8 7330 1.7 6 Tiruvannamalai 704247 10.6 761 0.18 7 Salem 94735 1.4 52509 12.19 8 Namakkal 40441 0.6 40588 9.42 9 Dharmapuri 107211 1.6 34911 8.11 10 Krishnagiri 118038 1.8 7108 1.65 11 Coimbatore 2326 0.0 17551 4.08 12 Tiruppur 42754 0.6 10515 2.44 13 Erode 54457 0.8 135 0.03 14 Tiruchirappalli 238334 3.6 66003 15.33 15 Karur 42358 0.6 4551 1.06 16 Perambalur 45023 0.7 955 0.22 17 Ariyalur 99223 1.5 287 0.07 18 Pudukkottai 171646 2.6 60 0.01 19 Thanjavur 668508 10.1 9 0 20 Thiruvarur 699921 10.5 0 0 21 Nagapattinam 447448 6.7 0 0 22 Madurai 84577 1.3 31271 7.26 23 Theni 37257 0.6 39769 9.23 24 Dindigul 49455 0.7 71577 16.62 25 Ramanathapuram 35967 0.5 2029 0.47 26 Virudhunagar 70470 1.1 25962 6.03 27 Sivaganga 64516 1.0 238 0.06 28 Tirunelveli 294206 4.4 1234 0.29 29 Thoothukkudi 60950 0.9 13425 3.12 30 The Nilgiris 921 0.0 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 33034 0.5 1 0 STATE 6638450 100 430661 100

116 AGRICULTURE 4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 (Contd.)

(in Tonnes) Cumbu Ragi District % to Production % to State Production State 1 6 7 8 9 1 Kancheepuram 95 0.07 690 0.21 2 Thiruvallur 1665 1.16 1381 0.43 3 Cuddalore 19882 13.84 698 0.22 4 Villupuram 62643 43.63 6949 2.16 5 Vellore 3541 2.47 23974 7.46 6 Tiruvannamalai 13906 9.69 18572 5.78 7 Salem 1161 0.81 25625 7.97 8 Namakkal 542 0.38 1977 0.62 9 Dharmapuri 514 0.36 62301 19.39 10 Krishnagiri 1463 1.02 160446 49.94 11 Coimbatore 457 0.32 21 0.01 12 Tiruppur 861 0.6 0 0 13 Erode 599 0.42 16028 4.99 14 Tiruchirappalli 1300 0.91 18 0.01 15 Karur 997 0.69 56 0.02 16 Perambalur 200 0.14 7 0 17 Ariyalur 3497 2.44 88 0.03 18 Pudukkottai 23 0.02 49 0.02 19 Thanjavur 7 0 11 0 20 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 0 21 Nagapattinam 0 0 4 0 22 Madurai 4955 3.45 36 0.01 23 Theni 2942 2.05 79 0.02 24 Dindigul 867 0.6 71 0.02 25 Ramanathapuram 458 0.32 1471 0.46 26 Virudhunagar 3464 2.41 234 0.07 27 Sivaganga 8 0.01 324 0.1 28 Tirunelveli 289 0.2 110 0.03 29 Thoothukkudi 17212 11.99 112 0.03 30 The Nilgiris 0 0 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 0 0 0 0 STATE 143548 100 321332 100

AGRICULTURE 117

4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 (Contd.) (in Tonnes) Maize Other Cereals District % to % to Production Production State State 1 10 11 12 13 1 Kancheepuram 0 0.00 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 40 0.00 0 0 3 Cuddalore 123524 4.77 2494 0 4 Villupuram 161903 6.25 621 0.12 5 Vellore 28349 1.09 1797 0 6 Tiruvannamalai 15481 0.60 7264 0.14 7 Salem 328170 12.66 1551 2.98 8 Namakkal 63312 2.44 720 0 9 Dharmapuri 57461 2.22 6504 0.01 10 Krishnagiri 26781 1.03 1165 0 11 Coimbatore 30417 1.17 9 0.05 12 Tiruppur 206603 7.97 9 0.08 13 Erode 121425 4.69 31 0.1 14 Tiruchirappalli 124835 4.82 8 0 15 Karur 14446 0.56 7 0 16 Perambalur 443845 17.13 243 0 17 Ariyalur 127902 4.94 252 0 18 Pudukkottai 27252 1.05 120 0.43 19 Thanjavur 7521 0.29 34 0 20 Thiruvarur 0 0.00 0 0 21 Nagapattinam 89 0.00 0 0 22 Madurai 59377 2.29 3615 41.41 23 Theni 62797 2.42 132 0.72 24 Dindigul 240795 9.29 50 0.34 25 Ramanathapuram 5026 0.19 1557 18.48 26 Virudhunagar 149763 5.78 2603 30.25 27 Sivaganga 255 0.01 51 0.54 28 Tirunelveli 69971 2.70 30 0.35 29 Thoothukkudi 94256 3.64 359 4 30 The Nilgiris 0 0.00 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 36 0.00 0 0 100 STATE 2591632 100 31226

118 AGRICULTURE 4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 (Contd.)

(in Tonnes) Total Cereals Total Pulses District Production % to State Production % to State 1 14 15 16 17 1 Kancheepuram 395368 3.89 1959 0.35 2 Thiruvallur 415979 4.1 7193 1.29 3 Cuddalore 711158 7 51091 9.18 4 Villupuram 937216 9.22 79072 14.2 5 Vellore 320164 3.15 23329 4.19 6 Tiruvannamalai 760231 7.48 21749 3.91 7 Salem 503751 4.96 40543 7.28 8 Namakkal 147580 1.45 6843 1.23 9 Dharmapuri 268902 2.65 39482 7.1 10 Krishnagiri 315001 3.1 32380 5.82 11 Coimbatore 50781 0.5 5704 1.03 12 Tiruppur 260742 2.57 11910 2.14 13 Erode 192675 1.9 4591 0.83 14 Tiruchirappalli 430498 4.24 10850 1.95 15 Karur 62415 0.61 6267 1.13 16 Perambalur 490273 4.83 1161 0.21 17 Ariyalur 231249 2.28 4580 0.82 18 Pudukkottai 199150 1.96 4153 0.75 19 Thanjavur 676090 6.66 31831 5.72 20 Thiruvarur 699921 6.89 31336 5.63 21 Nagapattinam 447541 4.41 32638 5.87 22 Madurai 183831 1.81 10083 1.81 23 Theni 142976 1.41 10886 1.96 24 Dindigul 362815 3.57 20101 3.61 25 Ramanathapuram 46508 0.46 2656 0.48 26 Virudhunagar 252496 2.49 6444 1.16 27 Sivaganga 65392 0.64 1564 0.28 28 Tirunelveli 365840 3.6 18982 3.41 29 Thoothukkudi 186314 1.83 36818 6.61 30 The Nilgiris 921 0.01 1 0 31 Kanniyakumari 33071 0.33 251 0.05 STATE 10156849 100 556450 100

AGRICULTURE 119 4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2017-18 (Contd.)

(in Tonnes) GROUNDNUT GINGELLY District Production % to State Production % to State 1 18 19 20 21 1 Kancheepuram 39238 3.89 446 1.93 2 Thiruvallur 33992 3.37 542 2.35 3 Cuddalore 74384 7.38 1708 7.4 4 Villupuram 117420 11.67 3375 14.63 5 Vellore 78563 7.8 112 0.49 6 Tiruvannamalai 201951 20.06 1261 5.47 7 Salem 47333 4.7 1065 4.62 8 Namakkal 65563 6.51 1345 5.83 9 Dharmapuri 33486 3.32 151 0.65 10 Krishnagiri 32621 3.24 159 0.69 11 Coimbatore 7194 0.71 88 0.38 12 Tiruppur 20625 2.05 634 2.75 13 Erode 45304 4.5 4202 18.22 14 Tiruchirappalli 29188 2.9 1025 4.45 15 Karur 7958 0.79 2213 9.6 16 Perambalur 4580 0.45 216 0.94 17 Ariyalur 38232 3.79 392 1.7 18 Pudukkottai 30783 3.06 746 3.24 19 Thanjavur 32762 3.25 1113 4.83 20 Thiruvarur 13188 1.31 338 1.47 21 Nagapattinam 6699 0.66 174 0.75 22 Madurai 5329 0.53 105 0.46 23 Theni 4156 0.41 327 1.42 24 Dindigul 18108 1.8 222 0.96 25 Ramanathapuram 3223 0.32 191 0.83 26 Virudhunagar 5073 0.5 513 2.23 27 Sivaganga 6352 0.63 75 0.33 28 Tirunelveli 1844 0.18 234 1.02 29 Thoothukkudi 2249 0.22 82 0.36 30 The Nilgiris 20 0 0 0 31 Kanniyakumari 34 0 0 0 STATE 1007452 100 23054 100

120 AGRICULTURE 4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.)

(in Tonnes) COTTON SUGAR CANE (in bales of District (in terms of Cane) 170 kg. lint each) Production % to State Production % to State 1 22 23 24 25 1 Kancheepuram 165768 0.97 0 0.00 2 Thiruvallur 548844 3.2 0 0.00 3 Cuddalore 2105058 12.28 17683 4.03 4 Villupuram 5258752 30.67 19920 4.54 5 Vellore 466069 2.72 18687 4.26 6 Tiruvannamalai 2055841 11.98 1395 0.32 7 Salem 559400 3.26 47575 10.85 8 Namakkal 1023732 5.97 5670 1.29 9 Dharmapuri 592641 3.45 40077 9.14 10 Krishnagiri 53943 0.31 8722 1.99 11 Coimbatore 40027 0.23 1110 0.25 12 Tiruppur 156384 0.91 2136 0.49 13 Erode 1061234 6.19 1781 0.41 14 Tiruchirappalli 149511 0.87 30037 6.85 15 Karur 78018 0.45 678 0.15 16 Perambalur 350398 2.04 86949 19.82 17 Ariyalur 428832 2.5 31138 7.10 18 Pudukkottai 257694 1.5 48 0.01 19 Thanjavur 479655 2.8 2867 0.65 20 Thiruvarur 16768 0.1 11933 2.72 21 Nagapattinam 59491 0.35 9732 2.22 22 Madurai 198907 1.16 24904 5.68 23 Theni 312400 1.82 5751 1.31 24 Dindigul 137500 0.8 17308 3.95 25 Ramanathapuram 21301 0.12 658 0.15 26 Virudhunagar 133496 0.78 28305 6.45 27 Sivaganga 185431 1.08 1636 0.37 28 Tirunelveli 252466 1.47 7420 1.69 29 Thoothukkudi 3933 0.02 14465 3.30 30 The Nilgiris 484 0 0 0.00 31 Kanniyakumari 0 0 0 0.00 STATE 17153978 100 438585 100.00 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

AGRICULTURE 121 4.7 Number of Equipments Used in Livestock Sector Rural and Urban Combined in Tamil Nadu as Per 2012 Livestock Census (in Nos) Dung Chopper Sl. Name of the Milking Mechanized Collection & & No District Machine Folder Cutter Disposal Baler Equipment

1 Chennai 0 0 0 0 2 Kancheepuram 569 11 126 564 3 Thiruvallur 1 17 119 218 4 Cuddalore 13 87 276 33 5 Viluppuram 23 111 40 26 6 Vellore 1537 115 334 171 7 Tiruvannamalai 10 57 31 2 8 Salem 77 231 80 56 9 Namakkal 72 242 233 173 10 Dharmapuri 7 126 23 2 11 Krishnagiri 17 68 25019 2 12 Erode 45 616 645 43 13 Coimbatore 43 1806 154 2340 14 The Nilgiris 5 3 2258 0 15 Tiruchirappalli 28 177 48 18 16 Karur 37 217 154 37 17 Perambalur 10 36 13 3 18 Ariyalur 2 8 1 0 19 Pudukkottai 15 6 9 0 20 Thanjavur 4 40 44 0 21 Nagapattinam 1 4 4 0 22 Thiruvarur 5 0 7 2 23 Madurai 8 545 1715 612 24 Theni 0 27 9 1811 25 Dindigul 132 1711 301 194 26 Ramanathapuram 1 9 4 0 27 Virudhunagar 22 87 63 25 28 Sivaganga 33 38 78 3088 29 Tirunelveli 4 57 34 28 30 Thoothukkudi 3 13 12 0 31 Kanniyakumari 1 1 16 0 32 Tiruppur 172 4127 173 256 Total 2897 10593 32023 9704 Source: 19th Livestock Census - 2012 Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services. Chennai-6.

122 AGRICULTURE 4.8 CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES 2017-18

FERTILIZERS (MT) PESTICIDES Nitro- Phos- Potta- Dust Liquid District Total Gene- phatic sic (in (in (NPK) ous (N) (P2 05) (K2 0) M.T.) KL.) 1. Kancheepuram 16469 10095 4494 31058 17.42 12950 2. Thiruvallur 14660 8090 5280 28031 12.563 11256 3. Cuddalore 27629 12649 14808 55086 72.951 97463 4. Villupuram 37795 17671 13243 68710 58.85 37000

5. Vellore 21167 10098 7543 38807 92.8 9753

6. Tiruvannamalai 25959 11591 9560 47111 44.69 105490

7. Salem 20041 11919 12029 43989 62.8 94675 8. Namakkal 7387 5040 4879 17306 25.535 28380 9. Dharmapuri 10862 5715 4644 21221 18.25 28450

10. Krishnagiri 10421 6549 5256 22227 17.142 41670 11. Erode 20221 9310 12317 41847 38.6 44650

12. Coimbatore 13902 7914 18906 40723 52.5 46320 13. Tiruppur 8793 5234 6120 20147 10.25 11150

14. The Nilgiris 3532 691 2010 6233 236 161840

15. Tiruchirappalli 25808 10940 13273 50021 50.85 28550 16. Karur 4536 1569 1931 8036 1.57 3425

17. Perambalur 7614 3781 2922 14316 2156 41505 18. Ariyalur 8049 4089 2625 14763 31.608 39510

19. Pudukkottai 20300 7585 7100 34986 37.044 26515.3 20. Thanjavur 33863 10667 13164 57694 9.37 7045 21. Nagapattinam 17591 5892 6662 30145 8 2250

22. Thiruvarur 27712 11068 11049 49829 41.98 43593 23. Madurai 12260 4125 4915 21300 20.536 42289

24. Theni 9669 5180 4857 19707 15.8 46850 25. Dindigul 13018 7467 4885 25370 14.586 30668

26. Ramanathapuram 5590 2680 2139 10409 30.02 24262.57

27. Virudhunagar 8721 4392 3311 16425 8.5 12350 28. Sivaganga 3969 1737 1471 7178 9.45 10680

29. Tirunelveli 19417 7572 7843 34832 170 7800 30. Thoothukkudi 8856 5452 3308 17615 8.6 7200

31. Kanniyakumari 8063 3409 2843 14315 28.992 11977

TOTAL 473877 220170 215390 909437 3403.3 1117516.9

Private 377408 85251 175115 637774 - -

Co-Operative 96469 134919 40275 271663 - -

Grand Total 473877 220170 215390 909437 3403.3 1117516.9 Source: Department of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

AGRICULTURE 123 4.9 NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL HOLDINGS 2015-16 Agricultural Census 2015-16 Number of operational Holdings Size class Institu- SC ST Others Total tional 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. BELOW 0.5 501359 47758 4021120 11667 4581904 2. 0.5 - 1.0 171703 22288 1444176 4248 1642415 MARGINAL (1+2) 673062 70046 5465296 15915 6224319 3. 1.0 - 2.0 93921 16898 1004385 4025 1119229 SMALL (3) 93921 16898 1004385 4025 1119229 4. 2.0 - 3.0 20497 4397 299464 2019 326377 5. 3.0 - 4.0 6221 1613 116850 1175 125859 SEMI MEDIUM (4+5) 26718 6010 416314 3194 452236 6. 4.0 - 5.0 2324 822 55089 766 59001 7. 5.0 - 7.5 1783 558 48470 1093 51904 8. 7.5 - 10.0 492 206 15462 585 16745 MEDIUM (6+7+8) 4599 1586 119021 2444 127650 9. 10.0 - 20.0 325 77 10214 1010 11626 10. Above 20.0 49 11 1814 1013 2887 LARGE (9+10) 374 88 12028 2023 14513 ALL SIZE CLASSES 798674 94628 7017044 27601 7937947 Agricultural Census 2010-11 Number of operational Holdings Size class Institu (In Hectares) SC ST Others Total -tional 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. BELOW 0.5 558043 28945 3941838 8043 4536869 2. 0.5 - 1.0 188210 19356 1519197 2923 1729686 MARGINAL (1+2) 746253 48301 5461035 10966 6266555 3. 1.0 - 2.0 96189 17569 1064891 2695 1181344 SMALL (3) 96189 17569 1064891 2695 1181344 4. 2.0 - 3.0 20455 5032 332549 1433 359469 5. 3.0 - 4.0 6035 1810 134085 909 142839 SEMI MEDIUM (4+5) 26490 6842 466634 2342 502308 6. 4.0 - 5.0 2217 815 64766 523 68321 7. 5.0 - 7.5 1649 610 58570 817 61646 8. 7.5 - 10.0 443 174 19649 413 20679 MEDIUM (6+7+8) 4309 1599 142985 1753 150646 9. 10.0 - 20.0 243 93 13219 808 14363 10. Above 20.0 15 10 2070 913 3008 LARGE (9+10) 258 103 15289 1721 17371 ALL SIZE CLASSES 873499 74414 7150834 19477 8118224

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

124 AGRICULTURE 4.10 AREA OF OPERATIONAL HOLDINGS 2015-16 Agricultural Census 2015-16 Area Operated (Hectares) Size class Institu- SC ST Others Total tional 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. BELOW 0.5 116,006 10,345 877,258 2,351 1,005,960

2. 0.5 - 1.0 120,785 15,819 1,023,094 3,047 1,162,746

MARGINAL (1+2) 236,791 26,164 1,900,352 5,398 2,168,706 3. 1.0 - 2.0 128,494 22,934 1,398,270 5,782 1,555,481

SMALL (3) 128,494 22,934 1,398,270 5,782 1,555,481 4. 2.0 - 3.0 48,821 10,540 719,372 4,941 783,675

5. 3.0 - 4.0 21,314 5,524 400,764 4,067 431,670

SEMI MEDIUM 70,135 16,064 1,120,136 9,008 1,215,345 (4+5) 6. 4.0 - 5.0 10,279 3,615 244,405 3,413 261,713

7. 5.0 - 7.5 10,614 3,368 289,364 6,684 310,031

8. 7.5 - 10.0 4,184 1,720 131,468 5,052 142,425 MEDIUM (6+7+8) 25,077 8704 665,237 15,150 714,169

9. 10.0 - 20.0 4,120 1,072 132,459 14,168 151819

10. Above 20.0 1,744 421 66,309 96,735 165,209 LARGE (9+10) 5,864 1,493 198,768 110,903 317,028 ALL SIZE CLASSES 466363 75,360 5,282,764 146,242 5,970,730 Agricultural Census 2010-11 Area Operated (Hectares) Size class Institu- (In Hectares) SC ST Others Total tional 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. BELOW 0.5 131835 7676 924679 1691 1065882 2. 0.5 - 1.0 132631 14218 1076873 2097 1225820 MARGINAL (1+2) 264466 21894 2001552 3788 2291702 3. 1.0 - 2.0 131300 24494 1484039 3864 1643697 SMALL (3) 131300 24494 1484039 3864 1643697 4. 2.0 - 3.0 48716 11970 800654 3499 864840 5. 3.0 - 4.0 20629 6183 460713 3143 490669 SEMI MEDIUM (4+5) 69346 18153 1261367 6642 1355509 6. 4.0 - 5.0 9836 3602 287441 2345 303223 7. 5.0 - 7.5 9849 3603 350231 5034 368716 8. 7.5 - 10.0 3789 1477 167049 3557 175872 MEDIUM (6+7+8) 23474 8681 804721 10935 847811 9. 10.0 - 20.0 3241 1212 172586 11374 188412 10. Above 20.0 479 250 64368 96143 161240 LARGE (9+10) 3719 1461 236953 107518 349652 ALL SIZE CLASSES 492306 74684 5788634 132747 6488370

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics. Chennai-6

AGRICULTURE 125 4.11 INDEX NUMBERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY 2016-17 & 2017-18

Base Year : Triennium ending 2011-12=100

2016-17 2017-18 2016-17 2017-18

Group/ Crop

Year Year

Production % Growth Productivity (Kg/Hec.) %growth (‘‘000” Tonnes) overPrevious overPrevious

1. All Crops ------

2. Food Crops 56.70 57.55 1.50 80.08 97.47 21.72

3. Non-Food 47.41 86.35 82.13 51.16 88.25 72.50 Crops

4. Selected

Crops

56.37 i. Paddy 105.28 86.77 73.71 108.61 47.35

ii. Pulses 118.72 190.54 60.50 90.29 142.56 57.89

iii. Groundnut 61.94 105.97 71.08 86.35 127.49 47.64

iv. Cotton 415.86 905.08 117.64 340.75 605.17 77.60 (Fibre Lint)

v. Sugarcane 55.31 49.97 -9.65 81.30 93.29 14.75 (Cane)

vi. Tea 86.41 98.88 14.43 86.39 99.62 15.31

vii. Coffee 92.72 99.00 6.77 88.32 91.98 4.14

viii. Tobacco 30.79 84.64 174.89 101.39 98.65 -2.70

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

126 AGRICULTURE

4.12 TIME SERIES DATA AREA OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU ( Hects. In ‘000) Total Total Ground- Year Paddy Cholam Cumbu Ragi Cereals Pulses nut 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2004-05 1873 377 98 109 2697 590 616 2005-06 2050 316 82 100 2791 525 619 2006-07 1931 294 66 95 2630 537 508 2007-08 1789 284 60 94 2488 610 535 2008-09 1932 259 57 90 2656 536 490 2009-10 1846 238 54 82 2498 536 413 2010-11 1906 243 49 76 2537 637 386 2011-12 1904 198 47 83 2542 667 386 2012-13 1493 211 43 70 2135 513 339 2013-14 1726 347 54 119 2659 816 337 2014-15 1795 415 58 104 2722 884 337 2015-16 2000 339 52 90 2867 888 347 2016-17 1443 268 50 61 2161 785 282 2017-18 1829 386 63 87 2714 825 327

4.12 TIME SERIES DATA AREA OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU (Contd.) ( Hects. In ‘000)

Net Gross Net Gin- Sugar Cot- Gross Area Area Year Area Area gelly –cane ton Irrigated Irriga Sown Sown -ted 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2005-06 65 335 110 6033 5244 3397 2920 2006-07 53 391 100 5843 5126 3309 2889 2007-08 74 354 99 5815 5062 3252 2864 2008-09 64 309 115 5824 5043 3393 2931 2009-10 63 293 104 5572 4892 3238 2863 2010-11 48 316 121 5753 4954 3348 2912 2011-12 43 346 136 5889 4986 3519 2964 2012-13 33 348 133 5140 4544 2991 2643 2013-14 57 313 151 5897 4714 3311 2679 2014-15 64 263 187 5995 4819 3394 2726 2015-16 46 252 148 6074 4833 3575 2833 2016-17 28 218 148 5129 4347 2845 2385 2017-18 42 172 182 5730 4639 3278 2627 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

AGRICULTURE 127 4.13 TIME SERIES DATA PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU

PADDY (RICE) CHOLAM Production Production Year Productivity Productivity ‘000 ‘000 Kg./Hec. Kg./Hec. Tonnes Tonnes 1 2 3 4 5 2005-06 2541 5209 732 231 2006-07 3423 6611 999 294 2007-08 2817 5040 874 248 2008-09 2683 5183 824 213 2009-10 3070 5665 931 222 2010-11 3039 5792 1014 247 2011-12 3918 7459 1277 253 2012-13 2712 4050 830 175 2013-14 4123 7115 1479 513 2014-15 4429 7949 2093 869 2015-16 3687 7375 1301 440

2016-17 2463 3554 573 154 2017-18 3630 6638 1117 431

4.13 TIME SERIES DATA PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU(Contd.) CUMBU RAGI Production Production Year Productivity Productivity ‘000’ ‘000’ Kg./Hec. Kg./Hec. Tonnes Tonnes 1 6 7 8 9 2004-05 1273 124 1416 154 2005-06 1157 95 1325 132 2006-07 1511 99 1552 148 2007-08 1436 86 1878 176 2008-09 1483 84 1887 170 2009-10 1519 83 1955 161 2010-11 1564 77 2262 171 2011-12 2453 114 2716 225 2012-13 1316 57 1963 138 2013-14 2158 117 3053 362 2014-15 3077 178 3348 350 2015-16 2616 134 3132 282

2016-17 2058 102 1865 114 2017-18 2277 144 3714 321

128 AGRICULTURE 4.13 TIME SERIES DATA 4.13 PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU (Contd…)

TOTAL CEREALS TOTAL PULSES Year Productivity Production Productivity Production Kg./Hec. ‘000 Tonnes Kg./Hec. ‘000 Tonnes 1 10 11 12 13 2005-06 2128 5939 337 177 2006-07 3032 7972 541 291 2007-08 2571 6397 303 185 2008-09 2611 6934 312 167 2009-10 2922 7300 381 204 2010-11 2897 7349 385 245 2011-12 3918 9782 531 354 2012-13 2526 5393 415 213 2013-14 3907 10389 752 614 2014-15 4419 12028 868 767 2015-16 3767 10800 659 585

2016-17 2267 4899 430 338 2017-18 3734 10157 675 556

4.13 TIME SERIES DATA 4.13 PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU (Contd.) GROUNDNUT (PODS) GINGELLY Production Production Year Productivity Productivity ‘000’ ‘000’ Kg./Hec. Kg./Hec. Tonnes Tonnes 1 14 15 16 17 2004-05 1632 1005 465 34 2005-06 1775 1098 469 31 2006-07 1981 1006 519 27 2007-08 1957 1048 433 32 2008-09 1990 975 506 32 2009-10 2169 890 463 29 2010-11 2323 896 527 25 2011-12 2751 1061 613 26 2012-13 2314 785 518 17 2013-14 2314 916 518 34 2014-15 2721 925 596 44 2015-16 2753 892 697 29 2016-17 2574 589 638 11 2017-18 3078 1007 555 23 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

AGRICULTURE 129 4.14 MICRO-NUTRIENT MIXTURES CAPACITY. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Item 2017-18

1. Micro Nutrient Mixture Unit (Number) 1

2. Capacity (Tonnes) 2400 MT

3. Estimated requirement (Tonnes) 2400 MT

4. Production (Tonnes)

a) Target 2400 MT b) Actual 2443.64

MT 5. Distribution ( Tonnes )

a) Target 2400 MT 2439.12 b) Actual MT 6. Area covered (Hectares) NA

7. Farmers benefitted (Numbers) NA

Source: Director of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

4.15 DISTRIBUTION OF QUALITY SEEDS (in Tonnes) Item 2017-18 Dept. Private Total SRR (%)

Food Grains

Paddy 13535 43684 57219 77

Millets 1038 4227 5265 52

Pulses 4328 1189 5517 32

TOTAL 18901 49099 68000

Non-Food Grains

Oilseeds 4354 337 4691 7

Cotton 17 542.1 559 99

TOTAL 4371 879 5250 Food Grains (+) 23272 49978 73250 Non-Food Grains Source: Director of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

130 AGRICULTURE 4.16 SEED REPLACEMENT BY CROPS – 2016-17 & 2017-18 (Percentage to Total Cropped Area)

2016-17 2017-18 Crop Pri- Pri- Dept. Total Dept. Total vate vate

A FOOD CROPS

1. Paddy 27 60 87 18 59 77

Varietal 2. 1 16 17 1 18 19 Cholam

3. Cumbu 15 69 84 13 42 55

4. Ragi 60 8 68 43 7 50

5. Maize 1 69 70 14 66 80

6. Pulses 20 6 26 25 7 32

B NON-FOOD CROPS

1. Oilseeds

a. Groundnut 3 1 4 6 1 7

b. Gingelly 17 39 56 21 28 49

c. Sunflower 1 33 34 7 37 44

d. Castor 2 8 10 4 9 13

2. Cotton 1 94 95 1 98 99

Source: Director of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

AGRICULTURE 131 4.17 PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF BREEDER SEEDS FROM TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY + GOI

Distribution Indent for 2017-18 upto March 2017 (in Kgs) (in Kgs) Crop Depart- Depart- ment ment Private Total Private Total (State+ (State+ GOI) GOI) Paddy 15800 NA 15800 19325 NA 19325

Millets 1216 NA 1216 1035 NA 1035

Pulses 9460 NA 9460 9165 NA 9165

Oilseeds 66310 NA 66310 83640 NA 83640

Cotton 45 NA 45 10 NA 10

Forage NA NA NA NA NA NA Crops

Vegetable NA NA NA NA NA NA Crops

Total 92831 0 92831 113175 0 113175

Source: Director of Agriculture, Chennai-5

132 AGRICULTURE 4.18 REGULATED MARKETS. CHECK POSTS. RURAL GODOWNS. COMMERCIAL GRADING CENTRES. KAPAS GRADING CENTRES IN TAMIL NADU 2016-17&2017-18 In Regulated Markets

Receipts Name of the Market Arrivals (MT) (Rs. In Lakhs)

Committees Marekt

No.of 2016- Regulated Market No. Sub of 2016-17 2017-18 2017-18 Regulated 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Kancheepuram 15 197129 251 211.65 165542.00

2. Vellore 12 194853 167710.71 418 524.38

3. Tiruvannamalai 18 286752 203055.00 357.77 442

4. Cuddalore 10 218888 242579.00 510 527.53

Viluppuram 5. 18 413754 317113.00 979 829.65

6. Salem 20 285312 346621.00 1628 1494.29

7. Dharmapuri 16 132639 122515.72 323 349.94

8. Coimbatore 10 74043 44385.12 1069 1332.23

9. Erode 18 185572 180413.00 1128 1331.25

10. Tiruchirappalli 14 114261 71500.99 218 242.60

11. Thanjavur 13 63404 48177.19 495 897.05

12. Pudukkottai 10 107313 75230.77 191 611.31

13. Madurai 6 130109 124977.99 368 384.77

14. Ramanathapuram 20 163877 154153.68 695 708.46

15. Tirunelveli 20 103205 104107.00 332 248.93

16. Kanniyakumari 6 31350 20717.68 506 134.53

17. Theni 7 90308 75579.04 160 381.36

18. Dindigul 8 71375 61980.05 522 125.39

19. Thiruvarur 8 72128 67299.72 221 141.67

20. Nagapattinam 8 70539 54412.80 152 377.47

21. Udagamandalam 4 2273 3154.12 36 32.28

22 Tiruppur 15 146488 124400.19 1099 1500.46

23 Perambalur 5 18303 18040.50 157 141.25

Total 281 3173874 2793666.24 11900 12886.23

AGRICULTURE 133 4.18 REGULATED MARKETS. CHECK POSTS. RURAL GODOWNS. COMMERCIAL GRADING CENTRES. KAPAS GRADING IN TAMIL NADU 2017-18 (Contd.)

Rural Commercial Kapas Tpbacc Name of the Check Godown Grading Grading o Districts Post Centre Centre Gradin g Cenre

1. Kancheepuram 10 - - - 2. Thiruvallur - - - 3. Vellore 26 - - - 4. Tiruvannamalai 26 - - - 5. Cuddalore 11 - - - 6. Villupuram 31 - - - 7. Salem 22 - - - 8. Namakkal - - - 9. Dharmapuri 16 - - - 10. Krishnagiri - - - 11. Erode 37 - - - 12. Coimbatore 30 - - -

13. Tiruppur 54 - - -

14. The Nilgiris 0 - - - 15. Tiruchirappalli 15 - - - 16. Karur - - - 17. Perambalur 7 - - -

18. Ariyalur NoCheck Post - - - 19. Pudukkottai 3 - - - 20. Thanjavur 21 - - - 21. Nagapattinam 11 - - - 22. Thiruvarur 13 - - - 23. Madurai 9 - - - 24. Theni 12 - - - 25. Dindigul 9 - - - 26. Ramnad 29 - - - 27. Virudhunagar - - - 28. Sivaganga - - - 29. Tirunelveli 28 - - - 30. Thoothukkudi - - - 31. Kanniyakumari 10 - - - Total 430 - - Source: Director of Agricultural Marketing and Agricultural Business.Chennai-32

134 AGRICULTURE 4.19 PRIME MINISTER FASAL BIMA YOJANA(PMFBY) Season : Kharif Year : 2017-18

No of Crop Cutting No.of No.of Sl. experiments planned Crop Notified Notified No. Firkas villages FIRKAS VILLAGES

1. Paddy K/K/S - 5517 - 22068

2. Paddy S/T/P - 11869 - 47476

3. Banana - 1115 - 4460

4. Blackgram - 1425 - 5700

5. Gingelly 154 - 1540 -

6. Greengram - 536 - 2144

7. Sunflower 6 - 60 -

8. Maize - 2519 - 10076

9. Groundnut - 4331 - 17324

10. Onion - 305 - 1220

11. Potato - 27 - 108

12. COTTON - 1501 - 6004

13. Tapioca - 359 - 1436

14. Turmeric - 655 - 2620

15 Red gram - 1496 - 5984

16 cholam 375 - 3750 -

17 Cumbu 162 - 1620 -

18 Ragi 135 - 1350 -

19 cowpea 126 - 1260 -

Total 958 31655 9580 126620

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No.of No.of No .of crop cutting Season /Crop notified notified experiments planned firkas villages

RABI SEASON-2017-18 Firkas Villages

Paddy N/K - 4430 - 17720

GroundNut - 3758 - 15032

Ricefallow cotton - 235 - 952

Maize - 2197 - 8788

Blackgram - 4693 - 18772

Greengram - 2015 - 8060

Redgram - 177 - 708 cotton - 903 - 3612

Sunflower 34 - 340 -

Cholam 276 - 2760 -

Cumbu 118 - 1180 -

Ragi 113 - 1130 -

Gingelly 275 - 2750 -

Cowpea 41 - 410 -

Potato - 22 - 88

Onion - 316 - 1264

Chillies - 179 - 716

Banana - 631 - 2524

Tapioca - 1049 - 4196

Sugarcane(01.11.2017 to 31.10.2018 - 4854 - 19416

Total 857 25462 8570 101848

136 AGRICULTURE 4.19 PRIME MINISTER FASAL BIMA YOJANA(PMFBY) (Contd.)

No. of farmers Claims covered (Agri & No.of farmer S.N District Hort) benefitted (Rs. in Crores) 1 Ariyalur 19664 12377 15.2806 2 Dindugul 4006 1573 1.4100 3 Erode 26046 4028 7.5727 4 Kanyakumari 1610 966 1.1584 5 Karur 5636 2148 2.0766 6 Madurai 14760 4469 6.1919 7 Namakkal 24067 6551 9.6706 8 Perambalur 7514 1711 2.0114 9 Ramnad 153803 144093 479.0500 10 Trichy 35967 8959 8.3065 11 Tiruvarur 176862 60027 88.9220 Cluster -I Total 469935 246902 621.6507

1 Cuddalore 72096 17023 27.8460 2 Kancheepuram 24866 2039 2.6035 3 Salem 10835 2250 1.9247 4 Sivagangai 108597 95725 295.0103 5 Tirunelveli 37316 31926 45.9891 6 Tiruppur 73500 2619 3.7350 7 Thiruvallur 6718 8340 13.5455 8 Tiruvannamalai 69162 10457 9.9201 9 Coimbatore 4271 2720 3.5724 10 Nilgiris 3150 1404 1.3821 Cluster-II total 410511 174503 405.5287

1 Dharmapuri 12240 5214 3.4371 2 Krishnagiri 5583 596 0.5816 3 Nagapattinam 160159 136714 336.9900 4 Pudukottai 126203 119242 202.5170 5 Thanjavur 104431 96251 112.7603 6 Theni 4205 586 1.1745 7 Tuticorin 98970 51311 46.7663 8 Vellore 27936 15802 12.8899 9 Villupuram 58441 42435 51.7970 10 Virudhunagar 39351 36082 30.1665 Cluster-III Total 637519 504233 799.0802

TamilNadu Total 1517965 925638 1826.26

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4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS A. BANANA - Kharif Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Average District Production Crop Report Yield per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect) 1 Kancheepuram 231 38787.507 8960 2 Thiruvallur 485 38787.507 18812 3 Cuddalore 4649 54630.741 253978 4 villupuram 812 38787.507 31495 5 vellore 2904 32708.384 94985 6 Thiruvannamalai 2533 31108 78797 7 Salem 988 27140 26814 8 Namakkal 1374 37207.43 51123 9 Dharmapuri 663 38787.507 25716 10 Coimbatore 6288 30136.719 189500 11 Erode 10613 43570.919 462418 12 Tiruchirapalli 5692 47603.587 270960 13 Karur 2239 33108 74129 14 Perambalur 176 38787.507 6827 15 Thanjavur 3217 76230 245308 16 Thiruvarur 413 38787.507 16019 17 Nagappattinam 539 38787.507 20906 18 Pudukkottai 1662 49401.832 82106 19 Madurai 2806 40303.333 113131 20 Theni 5134 69772.041 358210 21 Dindigul 2870 12006.82 34448 22 Ramanathapuram 141 38787.507 5469 23 Virudhunagar 809 38787.507 31379 24 Sivagangai 970 38787.507 37585 25 Thirunelveli 4338 20260.164 87889 26 Thoothukudi 7771 40629.871 315735 27 Kanyakumari 5651 4818.021 27227 28 Nilgiris 618 38787.507 24009 29 Krishnagiri 599 38787.507 23195 30 Ariyalur 157 38787.507 6090 31 Tiruppur 1140 18335 20902 STATE TOTAL 78482 38787.507 3044121

138 AGRICULTURE 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

B. BRINJAL –Kharif & Rabi Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Average District Production Crop Report Yield per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect) 1 Kancheepuram 327 9995.776 3269 2 Thiruvallur 452 4406 1992 3 Cuddalore 437 9995.776 4368 4 villupuram 457 8127.874 3714 5 vellore 1092 5187.867 5665 6 Thiruvannamalai 779 8087.771 6300 7 Salem 1827 9249.192 16898 8 Namakkal 587 8018 4707 9 Dharmapuri 941 14666.428 13801 10 Coimbatore 428 11751.841 5030 11 Erode 161 9995.776 1609 12 Tiruchirapalli 254 9995.776 2539 13 Karur 223 9995.776 2229 14 Perambalur 46 9995.776 460 15 Thanjavur 228 9995.776 2269 16 Thiruvarur 69 9995.776 690 17 Nagappattinam 154 9995.776 1539 18 Pudukkottai 258 9995.776 2579 19 Madurai 354 4727.972 1674 20 Theni 451 11900.279 5367 21 Dindigul 582 11805.301 6871 22 Ramanathapuram 45 9995.776 450 23 Virudhunagar 159 9995.776 1589 24 Sivagangai 115 9995.776 1150 25 Thirunelveli 147 15823.59 2326 26 Thoothukudi 178 9995.776 1779 27 Kanyakumari 11 9995.776 110 28 Nilgiris 4 9995.776 40 29 Krishnagiri 1033 14581.288 15062 30 Ariyalur 280 9995.776 2799 31 Tiruppur 252 17354 4373 STATE TOTAL 12331 9995.776 123248

AGRICULTURE 139 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

C. SWEET POTATO – Rabi Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Average District Production Crop Report Yield per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect) 1 Kancheepuram 1 26312.5 26 2 Thiruvallur 34 26312.5 895 3 Cuddalore 20 26312.5 526 4 villupuram 38 8156.25 310 5 vellore 0 0 0 6 Thiruvannamalai 50 26312.5 1316 7 Salem 3 26312.5 79 8 Namakkal 2 26312.5 53 9 Dharmapuri 2 14687.5 29 10 Coimbatore 0 0 0 11 Erode 0 0 0 12 Tiruchirapalli 6 26312.5 158 13 Karur 45 34500 1553 14 Perambalur 0 0 0 15 Thanjavur 0 0 0 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 1 26312.5 26 19 Madurai 27 26312.5 710 20 Theni 0 0 0 21 Dindigul 11 44562.5 490 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 7 26312.5 184 24 Sivagangai 4 26312.5 105 25 Thirunelveli 32 30812.5 986 26 Thoothukudi 14 26312.5 368 27 Kanyakumari 0 0 0 28 Nilgiris 0 0 0 29 Krishnagiri 4 26312.5 105 30 Ariyalur 1 26312.5 26 31 Tiruppur 0 0 0 STATE TOTAL 302 26312.5 7946

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D. CABBAGE – Kharif & Rabi Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Average District Production Crop Report Yield per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect) 1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 5 55933.869 280 4 villupuram 3 55933.869 168 5 vellore 0 0 0 6 Thiruvannamalai 2 55933.869 112 7 Salem 18 55933.869 1007 8 Namakkal 30 55933.869 1678 9 Dharmapuri 41 55933.869 2293 10 Coimbatore 3 55933.869 168 11 Erode 105 60989.702 6404 12 Tiruchirapalli 0 0 0 13 Karur 0 0 0 14 Perambalur 0 0 0 15 Thanjavur 0 0 0 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 0 0 0 19 Madurai 0 0 0 20 Theni 83 24800 2058 21 Dindigul 162 55933.869 9061 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 0 0 0 24 Sivagangai 0 0 0 25 Thirunelveli 0 0 0 26 Thoothukudi 0 0 0 27 Kanyakumari 0 0 0 28 Nilgiris 269 68572.235 18515 29 Krishnagiri 1623 55096.463 89422 30 Ariyalur 0 0 0 31 Tiruppur 3 55933.869 168 STATE TOTAL 2347 55933.869 131333

AGRICULTURE 141 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

E. TOMATO – Kharif & Rabi Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Average District Production Crop Report Yield per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect) 1 Kancheepuram 3 14193.681 43 2 Thiruvallur 4 14193.681 57 3 Cuddalore 5 14193.681 71 4 villupuram 50 14193.681 710 5 vellore 964 7343.776 7079 6 Thiruvannamalai 249 14193.681 3534 7 Salem 3200 6486.846 20758 8 Namakkal 680 14193.681 9652 9 Dharmapuri 3389 17727.004 60077 10 Coimbatore 1710 10485.697 17931 11 Erode 158 14193.681 2243 12 Tiruchirapalli 93 14193.681 1320 13 Karur 157 14193.681 2228 14 Perambalur 53 14193.681 752 15 Thanjavur 0 0 0 16 Thiruvarur 1 14193.681 14 17 Nagappattinam 1 14193.681 14 18 Pudukkottai 4 14193.681 57 19 Madurai 203 14193.681 2881 20 Theni 1086 12995.824 14113 21 Dindigul 1380 10884.134 15020 22 Ramanathapuram 10 14193.681 142 23 Virudhunagar 164 14193.681 2328 24 Sivagangai 21 14193.681 298 25 Thirunelveli 146 14193.681 2072 26 Thoothukudi 64 14193.681 908 27 Kanyakumari 1 14193.681 14 28 Nilgiris 1 14193.681 14 29 Krishnagiri 7556 19224.882 145263 30 Ariyalur 4 14193.681 57 31 Tiruppur 1124 8396.245 9437 STATE TOTAL 22481 14193.681 319088

142 AGRICULTURE 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

F. PINEAPPLE – Kharif Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 0 0 0 4 villupuram 0 0 0 5 vellore 0 0 0 6 Thiruvannamalai 1 41867.5 42 7 Salem 2 41867.5 84 8 Namakkal 681 41867.5 28512 9 Dharmapuri 0 0 0 10 Coimbatore 0 0 0 11 Erode 1 41867.5 42 12 Tiruchirapalli 0 0 0 13 Karur 0 0 0 14 Perambalur 0 0 0 15 Thanjavur 0 0 0 16 Thiruvarur 1 41867.5 42 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 0 0 0 19 Madurai 0 0 0 20 Theni 0 0 0 21 Dindigul 1 41867.5 42 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 0 0 0 24 Sivagangai 0 0 0 25 Thirunelveli 0 0 0 26 Thoothukudi 1 41867.5 42 27 Kanyakumari 64 41867.5 2680 28 Nilgiris 0 0 0 29 Krishnagiri 0 0 0 30 Ariyalur 0 0 0 31 Tiruppur 0 0 0 STATE TOTAL 752 41867.5 31484

AGRICULTURE 143 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

G. LADIES FINGER – Kharif & Rabi Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Average Yield District Production Crop Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 286 9820.261 2809 2 Thiruvallur 272 8147.061 2216 3 Cuddalore 188 8147.061 1532 4 villupuram 385 21860 8416 5 vellore 871 6377.439 5555 6 Thiruvannamalai 580 6574.179 3813 7 Salem 2287 4928.293 11271 8 Namakkal 335 8147.061 2729 9 Dharmapuri 814 9103.36 7410 10 Coimbatore 361 8400.961 3033 11 Erode 271 8147.061 2208 12 Tiruchirapalli 121 8147.061 986 13 Karur 156 8147.061 1271 14 Perambalur 21 8147.061 171 15 Thanjavur 61 8147.061 505 16 Thiruvarur 56 8147.061 456 17 Nagappattinam 74 8147.061 603 18 Pudukkottai 107 8147.061 872 19 Madurai 439 8481 3723 20 Theni 538 13485.394 7255 21 Dindigul 382 7376.882 2818 22 Ramanathapuram 19 8147.061 155 23 Virudhunagar 128 8147.061 1043 24 Sivagangai 56 8147.061 456 25 Thirunelveli 207 7525.066 1558 26 Thoothukudi 155 8147.061 1263 27 Kanyakumari 47 8147.061 383 28 Nilgiris 0 0 0 29 Krishnagiri 168 11665.929 1960 30 Ariyalur 129 8147.061 1051 31 Tiruppur 206 8147.061 1678 STATE TOTAL 9720 8147.061 79198

144 AGRICULTURE 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

H. GRAPE – Kharif Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Average Yield District Production Crop Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 0 0 0 4 villupuram 0 0 0 5 vellore 9 27662.377 249 6 Thiruvannamalai 0 0 0 7 Salem 1 27662.377 28 8 Namakkal 3 27662.377 55 9 Dharmapuri 4 27662.377 111 10 Coimbatore 77 11916 918 11 Erode 6 27662.377 166 12 Tiruchirapalli 1 27662.377 28 13 Karur 0 0 0 14 Perambalur 0 0 0 15 Thanjavur 0 0 0 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 0 0 0 19 Madurai 3 27662.377 83 20 Theni 1685 30060 50681 21 Dindigul 199 13441.667 2675 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 0 0 0 24 Sivagangai 3 27662.377 55 25 Thirunelveli 3 27662.377 83 26 Thoothukudi 0 0 0 27 Kanyakumari 0 0 0 28 Nilgiris 0 0 0 29 Krishnagiri 16 27662.377 443 30 Ariyalur 0 0 0 31 Tiruppur 1 27662.377 28 STATE TOTAL 2011 27662.377 55601

AGRICULTURE 145 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

I. MANGO Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 3977 3610.208 14354 2 Thiruvallur 10753 2681.938 28839 3 Cuddalore 488 4258.724 2078 4 villupuram 1609 3034.5 4883 5 vellore 11681 3430.932 40077 6 Thiruvannamalai 663 4258.724 2824 7 Salem 5758 2950.773 16991 8 Namakkal 2347 2632.624 6179 9 Dharmapuri 9313 5124.368 47723 10 Coimbatore 2480 6749.47 16739 11 Erode 679 4917.567 3339 12 Tiruchirapalli 1998 3305.094 6604 13 Karur 780 4258.724 3322 14 Perambalur 147 4258.724 626 15 Thanjavur 895 14840.055 13282 16 Thiruvarur 183 4258.724 779 17 Nagappattinam 3068 4695.767 14407 18 Pudukkottai 877 1821.111 1597 19 Madurai 6460 642.976 4154 20 Theni 9668 1647.444 15929 21 Dindigul 15320 5420.481 83053 22 Ramanathapuram 303 4258.724 1290 23 Virudhunagar 3313 982.577 3255 24 Sivagangai 2153 1983.137 4268 25 Thirunelveli 6137 14876.806 91299 26 Thoothukudi 696 4258.724 2964 27 Kanyakumari 1311 5428.333 7117 28 Nilgiris 22 4258.724 94 29 Krishnagiri 30976 4468.553 138418 30 Ariyalur 524 4258.724 2232 31 Tiruppur 1593 762.469 1215 STATE TOTAL 136172 4258.724 579927

146 AGRICULTURE 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

J. JACK Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 70 13899.868 973 2 Thiruvallur 4 13899.868 56 3 Cuddalore 718 34722.034 24930 4 villupuram 17 13899.868 236 5 vellore 175 13899.868 2432 6 Thiruvannamalai 7 13899.868 97 7 Salem 105 13899.868 1459 8 Namakkal 213 2327.171 493 9 Dharmapuri 35 13899.868 486 10 Coimbatore 15 13899.868 208 11 Erode 16 13899.868 222 12 Tiruchirapalli 24 13899.868 334 13 Karur 11 13899.868 153 14 Perambalur 5 13899.868 69 15 Thanjavur 89 13899.868 1251 16 Thiruvarur 25 13899.868 347 17 Nagappattinam 8 13899.868 111 18 Pudukkottai 171 7401.302 1266 19 Madurai 12 13899.868 167 20 Theni 49 13899.868 681 21 Dindigul 443 5164.137 2288 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 19 13899.868 264 24 Sivagangai 32 13899.868 445 25 Thirunelveli 82 13899.868 1140 26 Thoothukudi 3 13899.868 42 27 Kanyakumari 571 2830.391 1619 28 Nilgiris 80 13899.868 1112 29 Krishnagiri 9 13899.868 125 30 Ariyalur 120 3950.465 470 31 Tiruppur 6 13899.868 83 STATE TOTAL 3134 13899.868 43562

AGRICULTURE 147 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

K. GUAVA Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 209 4909.18 1026 2 Thiruvallur 230 4909.18 1129 3 Cuddalore 921 914.464 842 4 villupuram 625 12816.859 8011 5 vellore 790 1684.375 1331 6 Thiruvannamalai 35 4909.18 167 7 Salem 222 4909.18 1090 8 Namakkal 136 4909.18 668 9 Dharmapuri 147 4909.18 722 10 Coimbatore 110 4909.18 540 11 Erode 117 4909.18 574 12 Tiruchirapalli 189 4909.18 928 13 Karur 87 4909.18 427 14 Perambalur 24 4909.18 118 15 Thanjavur 128 4909.18 623 16 Thiruvarur 4 4909.18 20 17 Nagappattinam 10 4909.18 49 18 Pudukkottai 95 4909.18 466 19 Madurai 1251 2172.968 2718 20 Theni 432 4909.18 2121 21 Dindigul 1427 6727.001 9599 22 Ramanathapuram 68 4909.18 334 23 Virudhunagar 947 7515.252 7117 24 Sivagangai 162 4909.18 795 25 Thirunelveli 460 4138.428 1904 26 Thoothukudi 236 4909.18 1159 27 Kanyakumari 33 4909.18 167 28 Nilgiris 18 4909.18 88 29 Krishnagiri 124 4909.18 609 30 Ariyalur 10 4909.18 49 31 Tiruppur 62 4909.18 304 STATE TOTAL 9309 4909.18 45695

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L. LEMON Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 26 1324.923 34 2 Thiruvallur 24 1324.923 32 3 Cuddalore 80 1324.923 106 4 villupuram 47 1324.923 62 5 vellore 104 1324.923 138 6 Thiruvannamalai 63 1324.923 83 7 Salem 97 1324.923 127 8 Namakkal 73 1324.923 97 9 Dharmapuri 20 1324.923 28 10 Coimbatore 82 1324.923 109 11 Erode 89 1324.923 118 12 Tiruchirapalli 964 3632.387 3502 13 Karur 70 1324.923 93 14 Perambalur 300 1324.923 397 15 Thanjavur 56 1324.923 76 16 Thiruvarur 35 1324.923 46 17 Nagappattinam 41 1324.923 54 18 Pudukkottai 265 1324.923 351 19 Madurai 281 1324.923 374 20 Theni 742 683.744 507 21 Dindigul 2104 1030.746 2169 22 Ramanathapuram 10 1324.923 13 23 Virudhunagar 505 1287.509 650 24 Sivagangai 85 1324.923 113 25 Thirunelveli 3003 625.057 1877 26 Thoothukudi 590 3004.417 1773 27 Kanyakumari 9 1324.923 12 28 Nilgiris 7 1324.923 9 29 Krishnagiri 18 1324.923 24 30 Ariyalur 56 1324.923 76 31 Tiruppur 90 1324.923 119 STATE TOTAL 9936 1324.923 13168

AGRICULTURE 149 4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

M. ORANGE Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield Estimated District Report per Production (in Hect) (Kg/Hect) (Tonnes)

1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 0 0 0 4 villupuram 0 0 0 5 vellore 2 1221.094 2 6 Thiruvannamalai 0 0 0 7 Salem 7 1221.094 9 8 Namakkal 12 1221.094 15 9 Dharmapuri 1 1221.094 1 10 Coimbatore 3 1221.094 5 11 Erode 4 1221.094 5 12 Tiruchirapalli 0 0 0 13 Karur 0 0 0 14 Perambalur 0 0 0 15 Thanjavur 2 1221.094 2 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 9 1221.094 12 19 Madurai 2 1221.094 2 20 Theni 31 8700.001 270 21 Dindigul 1514 1067.959 1617 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 4 1221.094 5 24 Sivagangai 0 0 0 25 Thirunelveli 3 1221.094 4 26 Thoothukudi 1 1221.094 1 27 Kanyakumari 3 1221.094 4 28 Nilgiris 59 1221.094 72 29 Krishnagiri 0 0 0 30 Ariyalur 0 0 0 31 Tiruppur 0 0 0 STATE TOTAL 1657 1221.094 2026 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai – 6.

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A. CHILLIES - Rabi Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 224 410.445 92 2 Thiruvallur 491 1820.221 894 3 Cuddalore 436 410.445 179 4 villupuram 376 410.445 154 5 vellore 938 2039.727 1913 6 Thiruvannamalai 1057 1819 1923 7 Salem 484 405.618 196 8 Namakkal 217 410.445 89 9 Dharmapuri 366 435.493 159 10 Coimbatore 391 410.445 160 11 Erode 96 410.445 39 12 Tiruchirapalli 584 1107.717 647 13 Karur 365 1186.489 433 14 Perambalur 134 1807.757 242 15 Thanjavur 38 410.445 16 16 Thiruvarur 16 410.445 7 17 Nagappattinam 12 410.445 5 18 Pudukkottai 221 410.445 91 19 Madurai 348 816.342 284 20 Theni 417 410.445 171 21 Dindigul 1226 2560.654 3139 22 Ramanathapuram 16622 212.914 3539 23 Virudhunagar 1217 786.438 957 24 Sivagangai 3959 65.937 261 25 Thirunelveli 182 132.194 24 26 Thoothukudi 12498 136.231 1703 27 Kanyakumari 1 410.445 0 28 Nilgiris 3 410.445 1 29 Krishnagiri 674 840 566 30 Ariyalur 183 446.945 82 31 Tiruppur 344 410.445 141 STATE TOTAL 44120 410.445 18109

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B. ONION – Kharif & Rabi combined Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 2 9296.015 19 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 35 9448.374 331 4 villupuram 194 9594.148 1861 5 vellore 17 9537.307 162 6 Thiruvannamalai 21 9491.347 199 7 Salem 435 10570.548 4598 8 Namakkal 2632 13692.079 36038 9 Dharmapuri 209 11355.409 2373 10 Coimbatore 1163 12637.042 14697 11 Erode 847 11795.673 9991 12 Tiruchirapalli 2059 9462.615 19484 13 Karur 241 12399.113 2988 14 Perambalur 6736 9213.793 62064 15 Thanjavur 56 9493.789 532 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 5 9296.015 46 18 Pudukkottai 11 9378.055 94 19 Madurai 251 8664.048 2175 20 Theni 920 12032.568 11082 21 Dindigul 1292 9909.21 12803 22 Ramanathapuram 100 9296.015 930 23 Virudhunagar 879 2162.978 1901 24 Sivagangai 45 9350.708 421 25 Thirunelveli 201 9797.227 1969 26 Thoothukudi 2688 2833.723 7620 27 Kanyakumari 0 0 0 28 Nilgiris 0 0 0 29 Krishnagiri 6 9364.381 56 30 Ariyalur 32 9526.751 305 31 Tiruppur 1734 11478.612 19904 STATE TOTAL 22811 9409.156 214642

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C TURMERIC – Kharif Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 7 4045.031 30 3 Cuddalore 241 2255.667 540 4 villupuram 1870 4269.457 7980 5 vellore 375 5139 1930 6 Thiruvannamalai 346 6570.9 2270 7 Salem 2657 2816.075 7480 8 Namakkal 1820 5984.993 10890 9 Dharmapuri 5298 2810.61 14890 10 Coimbatore 525 4721.183 2480 11 Erode 3072 4892.471 15030 12 Tiruchirapalli 311 9755.042 3030 13 Karur 140 2623.61 370 14 Perambalur 564 6071.097 3420 15 Thanjavur 17 4045.031 70 16 Thiruvarur 2 4045.031 10 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 24 4045.031 100 19 Madurai 8 4045.031 30 20 Theni 1 4045.031 0 21 Dindigul 5 4045.031 20 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 1 4045.031 0 24 Sivagangai 8 4045.031 30 25 Thirunelveli 7 4045.031 30 26 Thoothukudi 5 4045.031 20 27 Kanyakumari 0 0 0 28 Nilgiris 17 4045.031 70 29 Krishnagiri 492 2362.627 1160 30 Ariyalur 16 4045.031 70 31 Tiruppur 251 4649.991 1170 STATE TOTAL 18080 4045.031 73134

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D. TAPIOCA – Kharif Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 1 34218.279 34 2 Thiruvallur 6 34218.279 205 3 Cuddalore 6276 30789.91 193237 4 villupuram 13315 35407.075 471445 5 vellore 117 34218.279 4004 6 Thiruvannamalai 1653 37105.54 61335 7 Salem 11468 34275.391 393104 8 Namakkal 16024 30093.088 482182 9 Dharmapuri 12421 30384.544 377406 10 Coimbatore 501 42479.167 21325 11 Erode 5513 47734.518 263113 12 Tiruchirapalli 5307 40925 217230 13 Karur 1193 26958.333 32161 14 Perambalur 1886 48041.667 90607 15 Thanjavur 449 34218.279 15398 16 Thiruvarur 80 34218.279 2737 17 Nagappattinam 62 34218.279 2156 18 Pudukkottai 273 34218.279 9342 19 Madurai 25 34218.279 855 20 Theni 203 37013.587 7514 21 Dindigul 91 19536.353 3114 22 Ramanathapuram 1 34218.279 34 23 Virudhunagar 15 34218.279 513 24 Sivagangai 27 34218.279 924 25 Thirunelveli 166 34218.279 5680 26 Thoothukudi 17 34218.279 582 27 Kanyakumari 1339 21750 29123 28 Nilgiris 37 34218.279 1266 29 Krishnagiri 189 28257.813 5341 30 Ariyalur 222 31375 6965 31 Tiruppur 467 34656.25 16184 STATE TOTAL 79344 34218.279 2715118

154 AGRICULTURE 4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

E. POTATO – Kharif & Rabi combined Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 0 0 0 4 villupuram 0 0 0 5 vellore 0 0 0 6 Thiruvannamalai 0 0 0 7 Salem 0 0 0 8 Namakkal 0 0 0 9 Dharmapuri 0 0 0 10 Coimbatore 0 0 0 11 Erode 414 9628.312 3986 12 Tiruchirapalli 0 0 0 13 Karur 0 0 0 14 Perambalur 0 0 0 15 Thanjavur 0 0 0 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 0 0 0 19 Madurai 0 0 0 20 Theni 4 17310.373 41337 21 Dindigul 2140 19316.463 0 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 0 0 0 24 Sivagangai 0 0 0 25 Thirunelveli 0 0 0 26 Thoothukudi 0 0 0 27 Kanyakumari 0 0 0 28 Nilgiris 942 22303.193 21012 29 Krishnagiri 80 25870.745 2070 30 Ariyalur 0 0 0 31 Tiruppur 2 22630.117 45 STATE TOTAL 3582 19128.175 68517

AGRICULTURE 155 4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

F. GINGER – Kharif Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 0 0 0 4 villupuram 0 0 0 5 vellore 1 19536.353 20 6 Thiruvannamalai 0 0 0 7 Salem 0 0 0 8 Namakkal 0 0 0 9 Dharmapuri 0 0 0 10 Coimbatore 12 19536.353 234 11 Erode 8 19536.353 156 12 Tiruchirapalli 0 0 0 13 Karur 0 0 0 14 Perambalur 0 0 0 15 Thanjavur 5 19536.353 98 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 0 0 0 19 Madurai 0 0 0 20 Theni 1 19536.353 20 21 Dindigul 1 19536.353 20 22 Ramanathapuram 0 0 0 23 Virudhunagar 0 0 0 24 Sivagangai 0 0 0 25 Thirunelveli 0 0 0 26 Thoothukudi 0 0 0 27 Kanyakumari 4 19536.353 78 28 Nilgiris 348 19536.353 6799 29 Krishnagiri 0 0 0 30 Ariyalur 0 0 0 31 Tiruppur 0 0 0 STATE TOTAL 380 19536.353 7424

156 AGRICULTURE 4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

G. CORIANDER – Rabi Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 0 0 0 2 Thiruvallur 0 0 0 3 Cuddalore 0 0 0 4 villupuram 0 0 0 5 vellore 75 510.323 38 6 Thiruvannamalai 1 510.323 1 7 Salem 9 510.323 5 8 Namakkal 116 510.323 59 9 Dharmapuri 47 510.323 24 10 Coimbatore 339 351.929 119 11 Erode 3 510.323 2 12 Tiruchirapalli 117 411.369 48 13 Karur 4 510.323 2 14 Perambalur 27 0 14 15 Thanjavur 0 0 0 16 Thiruvarur 0 0 0 17 Nagappattinam 0 0 0 18 Pudukkottai 0 0 0 19 Madurai 14 510.323 7 20 Theni 240 510.323 122 21 Dindigul 8 510.323 4 22 Ramanathapuram 1878 694.62 1304 23 Virudhunagar 1913 289.871 555 24 Sivagangai 19 510.323 10 25 Thirunelveli 2 510.323 1 26 Thoothukudi 2573 464.784 1196 27 Kanyakumari 0 0 0 28 Nilgiris 1 510.323 1 29 Krishnagiri 16 510.323 8 30 Ariyalur 12 510.323 6 31 Tiruppur 642 912.278 586 STATE TOTAL 8056 510.323 4112

AGRICULTURE 157 4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

H. CASHEWNUT Fasli: 1427 Year: 2017-18 Area as per Estimated Estimated Season and Crop Average Yield District Production Report per (Tonnes) (in Hect) (Kg/Hect)

1 Kancheepuram 231 224.484 52 2 Thiruvallur 157 224.484 35 3 Cuddalore 29257 110.286 3227 4 villupuram 4201 814.855 3423 5 vellore 15 224.484 3 6 Thiruvannamalai 8 224.484 2 7 Salem 59 224.484 13 8 Namakkal 1 224.484 0 9 Dharmapuri 1 224.484 0 10 Coimbatore 39 224.484 9 11 Erode 10 224.484 2 12 Tiruchirapalli 636 230.227 146 13 Karur 13 224.484 3 14 Perambalur 3 224.484 1 15 Thanjavur 1513 226.338 342 16 Thiruvarur 4 224.484 1 17 Nagappattinam 1720 124.903 215 18 Pudukkottai 5623 144.485 812 19 Madurai 161 224.484 36 20 Theni 3418 151.701 519 21 Dindigul 381 224.484 86 22 Ramanathapuram 140 224.484 31 23 Virudhunagar 49 224.484 11 24 Sivagangai 3044 1.575 5 25 Thirunelveli 3087 133.356 412 26 Thoothukudi 548 325.911 179 27 Kanyakumari 1004 253.892 255 28 Nilgiris 0 0 0 29 Krishnagiri 5 224.484 1 30 Ariyalur 30393 309.995 9422 31 Tiruppur 162 224.484 36 STATE TOTAL 85883 224.484 19279 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai – 6.