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1 REPORT ON AREA, PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY AND PRICES OF AGRICULTURE CROPS IN KARNATAKA DRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS BANGALORE

2 PREFACE Agricultural statistics, particularly those relating to area, production and productivity have a very important role to play in the overall statistical system of the State. One of the key statistical publications being brought out by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics is Area, Production, Productivity and Prices of Agricultural Crops in Karnataka for This report, with Annual Season and Crop Statistics Report as the base for which the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crop Inspection (Pahani) written by the Village Accountant is the principal source, depicts districtwise land use and further, seasonwise, cropping pattern, agricultural conditions and sourcewise and cropwise area irrigated. This report contains data on production and productivity of agriculture crops. Additionally it contains data on prices of agricultural produce. I have no doubt that, this will be a valuable data base to Planners, Administrators, Researchers and Academicians, particularly to those focusing on agriculture and allied areas. The Publication is prepared in the Agricultural Statistics Division of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. Constructive suggestions for enhancing quality of the report are most welcome. Place :Bangalore Date: (H.E.RAJASHEKARAPPA) Director

3 CONTENTS Sl.No. Particulars Page No. 1. Introduction 1 2. Seasonal Conditions 1 3. Land Utilisation 2 4. Sources of Irrigation 4 5. Details of Sourcewise Area Irrigated 5 6. Details of Cropwise Area Irrigated 7 7. Cropping Pattern 9 8. Area, Production and Productivity of Crops Index Numbers of Area, Production and Productivity of Crops Price Trend Farm Harvest Prices Index Numbers of Farm Harvest Prices Index Numbers of Consumer Prices for Agriculture Labourers Agriculture Wages Livestock Census ANNEXURES : 1 TO 10 23

4 AREA, PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY AND PRICES OF AGRICULTURE CROPS IN KARNATAKA, Introduction: Agriculture is still one of the priority sectors of the State s economy, particularly rural economy, not withstanding its diminishing share in the State domestic product. Several policies and programmes are being planned and implemented by government from time to time to improve productivity. Besides improved techniques for the development of agriculture and higher agriculture production, timely and sufficient rainfall and weather conditions are also crucial factors. During the year under report, the total cropped area has decreased by about 5.2 lakh hectares due to untimely rainfall. 2. Seasonal Conditions: 2.1 During the agriculture year , the actual rainfall in the State was 1232 mm as against the normal of 1198 mm, an increase of 2.8%. Rainfall was excess in Bijapur and Hassan, normal in Bangalore(urban), Bangalore(rural), Belgaum,Bidar, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapur, Chickmagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davangere, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya, Mysore, Ramanagar, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts and deficit in Bagalkot, Bellary, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Koppal and Raichur. During the year there was excess rainfall during Summer and normal in Kharif and Rabi seasons. The seasonwise actual and normal rainfall are given in Table 1 and districtwise and seasonwise details in Annexure 1. Table - 1 Season Seasonwise rainfall condition in the State, Normal Rain fall(in mm) Actual Departure from normal rainfall(%) Rainfall pattern Kharif Normal Rabi Normal Summer Excess State Normal Source : Rainfall section, DES

5 3. Land Utilisation: 3.1 The total geographical area of the State is classified into; (1) forest (2) land put to non-agricultural use (3) barren and uncultivable land (4) permanent pastures and other grazing land (5) cultivable waste (6) miscellaneous trees and groves etc., not included in net area sown (7) current fallows (8) other fallow land and (9) net area sown. Details of land use during compared with are in Table - 2. Sl. No. Table - 2 Classification of geographical area according to land use during and Category Area(in hectares) % to total geographical area Forest Land put to non agricultural use 3. Barren & uncultivable land 4. Cultivable waste Permanent pastures & other graz. land 6. Land under miscellaneous tree, groves etc., Current fallow(*) Other fallow land(*) Net area sown (*) Total Geographical Area *:Figures vary with that of DAG and KAG of as corrections are effected in these categories consequent upon the observations made by the Principle Secretary, Planning, Programme monitoring and Statistics Department, GOK, Bangalore 2

6 3.2 The net area sown in the State decreased by hectares during over Net area under cultivation during was 53.5% as against 54.7% during The percentage of area covered under different uses of land to the total geographical area remains the same in the categories of Forest, Barren and uncultivable land, Cultivable waste, Land under miscellaneous tree crops groves etc., not included under net area sown and Other fallow land, but varies in respect of, Land put to non agriculture use, Permanent pastures and other grazing land, Current fallow and Net area sown, during the year under review. Districtwise land use area for the year is given in Annexure 2. The Pie chart of the same is given in Annexure Categorywise Land Use Area: (a) Forest: Out of the total geographical area,30,71,833 hectares i.e., 16.1%, is covered by forests. During the year , the forest area remains same compared to The largest forest area was in Uttara Kannada district (26.5%) followed by Shimoga and Chamarajnagar (9.0% each) and the lowest was in Bijapur (0.06%). (b) Land put to non-agricultural use: Area covered under this category of land was 13,75,047 hectares in accounting for 7.3% of the total geographical area. Among the districts, the percentage of area covered under this category was highest in Bangalore(U) (8.4%) followed by Shimoga (6.4%) and then by Tumkur (6.1%) and the lowest area was in Gadag (0.8%). (c) Barren and uncultivable land: Total area covered under this category of land was 7,87,628 hectares during , which constitutes 4.1% of the total geographical area in the State. The largest area under this category was in Tumkur(8.6%) followed by Gulbarga (8.0%) and Dakshina kannada (7.5%) and lowest in Dharwad (0.5%). (d) Cultivable waste: During , the total area under this category of land was 4,12,913 hectares, which accounts for 2.2% of the total geographical area in the State. Tumkur district had the highest area (15.2%) followed by Mandya (10.2%) and lowest in Gadag (0.2%) (e) Permanent pastures and other grazing land: In the State, total area under this category of land was 9,23,383 hectares or 4.8% of the total geographical area during The largest area was in Shimoga (17.7%) followed by Chickmagalur (9.8%) and Chitradurga (9.6%) and Lowest in Gadag (0.3%). 3

7 (f) Land covered under miscellaneous trees, crops, groves etc., not included in net area sown: During the year , the total area under this category of land was 2,89,715 hectares which works out to 1.5% of the total geographical area in the State. The largest area was in Udupi(16.4%) followed by Dakshina kannada(11.0%) and Shimoga(9.3%) and lowest in Dharwad (0.06%). (g) Current fallows: Total area covered under the category current fallows increased to 14,81,706 hectares during from 12,62,420 hectares during Percentage of area under current fallows during was 7.8%. The largest area was in Bijapur(14.6%) followed by Belgaum (13.0%) and Raichur (10.2%) and lowest in Udupi(0.1%). (h) Other fallow land: In the State, total area under the category other fallow land was 5,12,523 hectares during , which works out to 2.7% of the total geographical area as against 5,05,075 hectares during The largest area was in Mandya (13.3%) followed by Bidar (8.0%) and lowest in Gadag (0.7%) (i) Net area sown: The net area sown in the State was 1,01,95,088 hectares during which accounts for 53.5% of the total geographical area. It was 1,04,18,792 hectares(54.7%) during The largest net area sown was in Gulbarga district (11.7%) followed by Belgaum (7.8%) and Bijapur (7.3%) and lowest in Bangalore(U) (0.5%). 4. Sources of Irrigation: 4.1 The main sources of irrigation in the State were wells, tanks, tube/bore wells and reservoirs. The State had 6112 kms length of canals spread over 23 districts. There were 4,54,416 open wells, 6,59,674 tube/bore wells, 33,217 tanks, and 50 reservoirs during the year under report. Maximum number of open wells were located in Belgaum (62,464) followed by Bijapur (42,064) and Tumkur districts (39,922). Tube/bore wells were maximum in Tumkur (1,18,107) followed by Kolar (68,881,). Shimoga had the highest number of 6,217 tanks and the lowest is in Gadag, 30 tanks. Districtwise number of canals, wells, tube/bore wells, tanks and other details are given in Annexure 3. 4

8 5. Details of Sourcewise Area Irrigated: 5.1 Out of the 1,23,68,443 hectares of gross cropped area during , 39,42,199 hectares of area was irrigated. The percentage of gross area irrigated was 31.9% during as against 29.4% during Out of 1,01,95,088 hectares of net area sown during , the net area irrigated was 32,33,493 hectares. The percentage of net area irrigated to net area sown works out to 31.7 as against 29.6 during The percentage of gross cropped area irrigated to gross cropped area sown was largest in Shimoga(62.58%) followed by Mandya(57.49%) and lowest in Kodagu(2.74%). Similarly, the percentage of net area irrigated to net area sown was largest in Shimoga (60.55%) followed by Belgaum (58.38%) and lowest in Kodagu(2.85%). Districtwise details are shown in Annexure In the State, out of 39,42,199 hectares of gross cropped area irrigated, out of this 34.2%, 35.6%, 11.6%, 5.9%, 3.7% and 9.0% of area was irrigated by tube/bore wells, canals, wells, tanks, lift irrigation and other sources respectively. The net area irrigated was 32.8%, 35.2%, 12.5%, 6.4%, 3.5% and 9.5% through canals, tube/borewells, wells, tanks, lift irrigation and other sources respectively. Sourcewise area irrigated during is presented in Table - 3 and districtwise details in Annexure 5. The Bar chart depicting the same is given in Annexure and Table 3 Sourcewise area Irrigated during Net area Gross area Sl. Source of % to State % to State irrigated irrigated No. Irrigation total total (in hect) (in hect) 1. Canals (31.6) (34.1) 2. Tanks (6.6) (6.2) 3. Wells (13.9) (12.8) 4. Tube/Borewells(*) (34.5) (34.0) 5. Lift irrigation(*) (4.1) (4.2) 6. Other sources(*) (9.3) (8.7) State (100.0) (100.0) (figures in the bracket is for the year ) *:Figures vary with that of DAG and KAG of as corrections are effected in these categories consequent upon the observations made by the Principle Secretary, Planning, Programme monitoring and Statistics Department, GOK, Bangalore 5

9 5.3 (a) Area irrigated by Canals: About lakh hectares of gross cropped area was irrigated by canals during as against 12.9 lakh hectares during The gross cropped area irrigated by canal was the highest in Raichur(2.2 lakh hectares) followed by Gulbarga(1.8) lakh hectares) and Mandya (1.3 lakh hectares). The net area irrigated by canals was 10.4lakh hectares as against 9.9lakh hectares during Raichur and Gulbarga had the largest net area irrigated (1.4 lakh hectares each) followed by Mysore (1.1 lakh hectares). (b) Area irrigated by Tanks: Before the formation of major irrigation projects, tank irrigation was popular in the State. During , the gross cropped area irrigated by tanks was 2.3 lakh hectares with a decrease of 270 hectares compared to The largest gross cropped area irrigated by tanks was in Shimoga (0.6 lakh hectares) followed by Hassan(0.4 lakh hectares) and least in Ramanagar (32 hectares). Net area irrigated by tanks in the State was 2.1 lakh hectares decreasing of 2083 hectares compared during The largest net area irrigated by tanks was in Shimoga (0.6 lakh hectares) followed by Hassan(0.3 lakh hectares) and least in Ramanagar (32 hectares). (c) Area irrigated by Wells: Gross cropped area irrigated by wells was 4.6 lakh hectares during as against 4.8 lakh hectares during The largest gross area irrigated was in Belgaum(1.3 lakh hectares) and Bijapur (1.0 lakh hectares). Net area irrigated by wells was 4.1 lakh hectares as against 4.3 lakh hectares during The largest net area irrigated by wells was in Belgaum (1.2 lakh hectares) followed by Bijapur is 0.9 lakh hectares. (d) Area irrigated by Tube/Bore Wells: Gross area irrigated through tube/bore wells was 13.5 lakh hectares during as against 12.9 lakh hectares during The largest gross area irrigated by tube/bore wells was in Tumkur(1.5 lakh hectares) followed by Belgaum(1.4 lakh hectares). The net area irrigated through the source tube/bore wells was 11.4 lakh hectares in as against 10.8 lakh hectares during The largest net area irrigated was in Tumkur district (1.3 lakh hectares) followed by Belgaum (1.28 lakh hectares). 6

10 [ 5.4 (e) Area irrigated by Lift Irrigation: Gross area irrigated under lift irrigation was 1.4 lakh hectares during as against 1.6 lakh hectares during The largest gross area irrigated was in Bellary(0.5 lakh hectares) followed by Belgaum district(0.4 lakh hectares). Net area irrigated under lift irrigation scheme in the state was 1.1 lakh hectares during The largest net area irrigated was in Belgaum (0.33 lakh hectares) followed by Bellary (0.30 lakh hectares). (f) Area irrigated by Other sources of Irrigation: In the State, 3.5 lakh hectares of gross area and 3.1 lakh hectares of net area was irrigated by other sources of water like seepage, streams, ponds etc. Districtwise percentage of area irrigated through different sources of irrigation is given in Annexure - 6. Gross cropped area irrigated was 39.4 lakh hectares and net area irrigated was 32.3 lakh hectares in the State. Thus, the area irrigated more than once was 7.1lakh hectares during as against 6.6 lakh hectares during The area irrigated more than once was largest in Raichur (0.9 lakh hectares) and Bellary (0.8 lakh hectares) and least in Kodagu(192 hectares) during Details of Cropwise Gross Area Irrigated: 6.1 Totally, hectares or 31.9 % of gross cropped area was irrigated in the State during as against 29.4 % during Paddy crop alone occupied 28.4 % of the Gross irrigated area. The other major crops irrigated (Gross) were Maize (10.9 %) and Sugarcane(11.6 %).Totally 78.7% of the gross irrigated area was under food crops and 48.9 % of the area was under cereals and minor millet crops. 11.1% and 4.4% of the Gross irrigated area was under oilseeds and pulses crops respectively. Cropwise gross area irrigated during is given in Table

11 Sl.N o. Name of the Crop Table 4 Cropwise Gross Area Irrigated(GAI) during & Gross area irrigated (in hectares) % of crop area irrigated to GAI of all Gross crops area under crop Gross area irrigated (in hectares) % of crop area irrigated to GAI of Gross all Area crops under crop I Food crops 1. Paddy Jowar Bajra Maize Ragi Wheat M Millets 9 Neg Neg 12 Neg Neg Total (1 to 7) Bengalgram Tur Other Pulses Total ( 8 to 10) Total food grains ( 1 to 10) Sugarcane Palm 105 Neg Neg Con.& spice Fruits & vegetables Total food crops II Non food crops 15. Groundnut Castor 189 Neg Neg Sesamum 835 Neg Neg Mustard 353 Neg Neg Linseed 27 Neg Neg Safflower 791 Neg Neg Sunflower Soyabean Nigerseed 310 Neg Neg 0.2 Total(15 to 23) Coconut Cotton Tobacco Mulberry Other non food crops Total non food crops All crops (Total)* (Neg: Negligible as it is less than 0.1%) 8

12 7. Cropping Pattern: 7.1 During the net area cultivated in the State was 1,01,95,088 hectares and area sown more than once was 21,73,357 totaling to 1,23,68,443 as gross cropped area compared to 1,28,92,671hectares during Gross cropped area was the largest in Gulbarga district (14.3%) followed by Belgaum (10.1%). 7.2 The gross cropped area under food crops was 88,57,851 hectares (71.6%) and that of non-food crops was 35,10,592 hectares (28.4%). It is observed that there is a decrease in area of about 4,40,524 hectares under food crops and decrease of about 83,704 hectares under non food crops. Details of area under different crops and their percentage shares for the years and are given below in Table - 5. Table 5 Gross cropped area under different crops during the year and Sl. Name of the Crop No. I Food crops Area (hect) %to Area Total (hect) %to Total 1 Paddy Jowar Bajra Maize Ragi Wheat Navane Save Haraka 4 Neg 17 Neg 10 Other MMs 391 Neg 802 Neg Total (1 to 10) Bengal gram Tur Horse gram Black gram Green gram Avare Cowpea Other pulses 6158 Neg Total (11to 18) Total food grains Sugarcane

13 20 Palm 344 Neg 399 Neg 21 Chillies Cardamum Arecanut Fruits Vegetables Other food crops Total food crops(1 to 26) II Non-food crops 27 Ground nut Sesamum Safflower Sunflower Mustard 4400 Neg 3876 Neg 32 Linseed Nigerseed Soyabean Castor Other oilseeds 2320 Neg 1721 Neg Total(27 to 36) Coconut Cotton Mulberry Tobacco Other non food crops Total non food crops(27 to40) Total (1 to 40) ( Neg =Negligible as it is less than 0.1%) 7.3 The area under cereals and minor millet crops increased in Paddy, Jowar and Ragi crops and decreased in other cereals and millets and among pulses, area increased only in Bengalgram and decreased in other pluses in compared to The area under all food crops decreased except Arecanut and Fruits and area under all oilseeds decreased except under Safflower, Mustard, Soyabean and other oilseeds. Area under Coconut, Cotton, increased. Mulberry, Tobacco and other non food crops decreased during compared to Area under food and nonfood crops decreasd due to untimely rain and change of crops and the area under food and nonfoodcrops increased due to good demand and price in market and profitability. Districtwise area covered under food and non-food crops with their percentage to State s total are presented in Annexure 7. 10

14 8. Area, Production and Productivity of Crops: Production estimates are prepared in respect of 59 principal crops taking into account the area as recorded in reconciliation of crop area statistics and the yield rate obtained on the basis of the results of crop cutting experiments. In respect of fruit and vegetable crops, the estimated area and results of crop cutting experiments conducted under the scheme Crop Estimation Survey on Fruit and Vegetable Crops are taken in to account. For the calculation of production estimates of crops for which no crop cutting experiments were conducted, the yield rates were calculated by taking in to account the average of previous three years for Haraka, Baragu, Badlivari and other small millets, Arecanut and Sunhemp and through oral enquiry of farmers for Nigerseed, Mustard, Papaya, Coconut, DryGinger, Cardamom, Garlic, Blackpepper,Coriander,Korle,otherpluses (excluding owpea) Cashewnut,Topioca,Sweetpotato and Mesta.The area cultivated unauthorisedly is also taken care for estimation of production. The cropwise details are as follows. 8.1 Cereals and Minor Millets: Paddy, Jowar, Ragi, Bajra, Maize and Wheat are the important cereals and navane, save are the minor millets grown in the State. Total of these cover 53.7 lakh hectares of the total cropped area in the State during the year under review as against 54.9 lakh hectares during Area, production and productivity of these crops during and are presented in Table - 6. Table 6 Area, Production and Productivity of Cereals and Minor Millets Sl. No. Crop Area* (lakh hectares) Production (lakh tonnes) Productivity (kgs per hectare) Paddy Jowar Ragi Bajra Maize Wheat Total Cereals Navane Save Total MMs Total Cereals and MMs MM - minor millets. Totals may not tally due to rounding off of the figures * - Area in this table includes unauthorized cultivation area also. 11

15 8.1.2 Total area covered under cereal crops decreased from 54.5 lakh hectares to 53.4 lakh hectares whereas area under minor millets slightly decreased compared to previous year. Among cereals, Paddy crop alone covered 15.1 lakh hectares followed by Jowar 13.8 lakh hectares. The area of Cereals and Minor millets was largest in Gulbarga (4.8 lakh hectares) followed by Belgaum(4.6 lakh hectares) During , the total production of cereals and minor millets was lakh tonnes as against lakh tonnes during The yield rate decreased from 2075 to 1990 kgs per hectare compared to previous year. Production of Cereals and Minor millets was highest in Davangere (9.5 lakh tonnes) followed by Belgaum (7.7 lakh tonnes). The yield of cereals and minor millets was highest in Shimoga (2976 kgs per hect) followed by Bangalore (Rural) (2964 kgs per hectare) and lowest in Chitradurga(1158 kgs per hectare). 8.2 Pulses: Bengalgram, Tur, Horsegram, Blackgram, Greengram,Cowpea and Avare are the principal pulses cultivated in the State. Compared to previous year, area of pulses decreased from 23.9 to 20.9 lakh hectares. The area under all Pulses decreased during except Gram but area under Avare and Cowpea remains same. During the year under review, yield of all the pulses decreased except Avare and other pulses. Cropwise details are seen in Table-7. Sl. No. Crop Table-7 Area, Production and Productivity of Pulses Area * (lakh hectares) Production (lakh tonnes) Productivity (Kgs per hectare) Gram Tur Horsegram Blackgram Greengram Avare Cowpea Others Neg Neg Total * - Area includes unauthorized cultivation area also Neg-Negligible 12

16 8.2.2 Area under pulses was the largest in Gulbarga (6.7 lakh hectares) followed by Bidar (2.0 lakh hectares) As yield was less under pulses during , production naturally decreased from 12.3 lakh tonnes to 9.8 lakh tonnes compared to This decrease was mainly due to the decrease in productivity from 544 kgs per hectare to 492 kgs per hectare. The production of all pulse crops decreased except Gram and the production of Avare and Cowpea remains same during the year The production recorded highest under pulses in Gulbarga(3.4 lakh tonnes) followed by Bijapur(1.0 lakh tonnes). Yield of pulses was highest in Bangalore(Rural)(906 kgs per hect) followed by Bangalore (Urban)(763 kgs per hect) and lowest in Gadag(244 kgs per hect). 8.3 Total Foodgrains: The total area under foodgrains in the State was 74.6 lakh hectares during as against 78.7 during This area was largest in Gulbarga (11.5 lakh hectares) followed by Belgaum (5.6 lakh hectares) and least in Bangalore (Urban)(0.3 lakh hectares) Total foodgrains production in the State was lakh tonnes during as against lakh tonnes during The highest production was in Davanagere (9.6 lakh tonnes) followed by Gulbarga(9.4lakh tonnes) and the lowest in Bangalore (Urban)(0.7 lakh tonnes). Districtwise details are in Annexure The yield rate of foodgrains of Karnataka State was 1571 kgs per hectares and it was the highest in Shimoga (2937 kgs per hect) followed by Davanagere(2801 kgs per hect) and lowest in Bidar(718 kgs per hect). 8.4 Oilseeds: The important oilseed crops grown in the State are Groundnut, Sunflower, Safflower, Sesamum, Castor, Linseed, Soyabean and Nigerseed. Total area under them in the State was 21.8 lakh hectares during as against 22.8 during Cropwise area, production and productivity of oilseed crops are given in Table- 8.

17 Table- 8 Area, Production and Productivity of Oil Seeds Area * Production Productivity Sl. (lakh hectares) (lakh tonnes) (Kgs per hectares) Crop No Groundnut Sunflower Safflower Sesamum Castor Linseed Neg Neg Soyabean Rape & Neg Neg Neg Neg mustard 9 Nigerseed Total Neg negligible * - Area includes unauthorized cultivation area also Compared to , the area under total Oilseeds has decreased. The area under Groundnut Sunflower, Sesamum decreased and Soyabean increased and that of area under Safflower, Castor, Linseed and Nigerseed remains the same. Raichur(2.1 lakh hectares) registered the largest area followed by Gulbarga(2.0 lakh hectares) Total production of oilseeds decreased during the year compared to , from 14.2to 10.3 lakh tonnes. The total production of oilseeds was the highest in Chitradurga(1.12 lakh tonnes) followed by Raichur(0.94 lakh tonnes). The average yield was highest in Udupi(1992 kgs per hectare) district. Districtwise details are given in Annexure 8. The Bar chart showing the Area, Production and Productivity of Cereals & Minor Millets, Pulses foodgrains, Sugarcane, Cotton, Tobacco and Oilseeds for the year and are given in Annexure 8.1.1, 8.1.2, and

18 8.5 Commercial Crops: Cotton, Sugarcane and Tobacco are the important commercial crops grown in the State. Table 9,gives the three dimensional details. Sl. No. Table - 9 Area, Production and Productivity of Commercial Crops Crop Area # (Lakh hectares) Production (lakh tonnes) Productivity (Kgs per hectares) Cotton Sugarcane (Harvested) Tobacco Note: *Production of Cotton in lakh bales of 170 kgs in lint form, **Productivity of Sugarcane in tonnes per hectare # - Area includes unauthorized cultivation area also The area of Sugarcane(H), decreased, Cotton increased and Tobacco remains same compared to last year. Production of Cotton increased, Sugarcane decreased but remained same in Tobacco. Productivity increased in Sugarcane Tobacco and Cotton. 8.6 Horticulture Crops: The important horticulture crops of the State are Mango, Banana, Grapes, Guava, Sapota, Papaya, Lemon, Cashewnut, Coconut, Topioca, Sweetpotato, Onion, Potato, Chillies, Tomato, Brinjal, Beans, Turmeric etc. Table-10 contains data on Area, production and yield of horticulture crops. 15

19 Sl. No. Table 10 Area, Production and Productivity of Horticulture Crops Area (000 hectares) Production (000 tonnes) Productivity (Kgs per hectares) Crop Mango Banana Grapes Guava Sapota Papaya Cashewnut Raw Processed Pomogranate Lemon Coconut Topioca Sweet Potato Onion Potato Tomato Brinjal Beans Turmeric Cabbage Area under all crops increased except Guava, Onion, Tomato, Brinjal, Beans during compared to Production of all crops increased except Grapes, Guava, Onion, Potato, Beans and Turmeric. Yield of all crops increased except Banana, Grapes, Guava, Onion, Potato, and Turmeric during

20 . 8.7 Condiments and Spice Crops: Dry Chillies, Dry Ginger, Cardamom, Garlic, Black Pepper, Arecanut and Coriander are the important condiment and spice crops of Karnataka. The area under all condiments and spice crops decreased except under Dry chillies, Arecanut and Coriander compared to Production of all Condiments and Spices increased except Dry chillies and Production of Cardamom remains same. Yield of all Condiments and Spices increased except Arecanut. Area Production and productivity of condiments and spices are given in Table Table 11 Area, Production and Productivity of Condiments & Spices Sl. Area (Thousand hects) Production (Thousand tonnes) Productivity (Kgs per hect) Crop No Dry Chillies Dry Ginger Cardamom Garlic Pepper Arecanut- Raw Processed Coriander

21 9. Index Number of Area, Production and Productivity of Crops: 9.1 The index numbers of area, production and productivity (with as base year) for the year and were compiled for 37 crops. Sub groupwise details are given in Table Table 12 Index Numbers of Area, Production and Productivity (Base year : ) Sl. No. Crop Area Production Productivity Cereals Pulses Foodgrains Oilseeds Fibres Plantation crops Condiments and spices 8 Fruits & vegetables Misc.crops Non Food crops All Crops

22 10. Price Trend: 10.1 The wholesale and retail prices of important crops were collected fortnightly by the District Statistical Officer from the office of the District Marketing Officer,based on which annual wholesale and retail prices of selected commodities are worked out as presented in Table Table 13 Annual Wholesale & Retail Prices of important commodities for & Sl. No. Commodities Wholesale Prices (Rs. per Quintal) Retail Prices (Rs. per Kg) % % 1. Rice(coarse) Jowar(white) Bajra Ragi Maize Wheat(white) Gram Turdhal Horsegram Blackgram Greengram Potato Onion Dry Chillies (Byadagi) Source : SIP Division, DES 10.2 The annual average wholesale prices of all the commodities have shown increasing trend during The wholesale prices varied from 3.14% for Jowar(White) to 44.2% for Onion. 19

23 10.3 The prices of different commodities were collected weekly from the selected centres. During the annual average retail prices, of all the commodities mentioned in Table - 13 showed increasing trend except under Jowar(White).The retail prices ranged between 4.70% for Jowar(White) to 33.96% for Onion. 11. Farm Harvest Prices: 11.1 The farm harvest prices of agriculture produce were collected in order to gauge the price levels which prevailed during the peak harvesting period at the village level. These prices for important crops for the year and are seen in Table Sl. No. Table 14 Farm Harvest Prices * of important agriculture crops for & Commodities State s average farm harvest prices(rs. per quintal) % variation 1 Paddy (Kharif, Local) Jowar (Kharif,Local) Jowar(Rabi,Local) Ragi(Kharif,Hyv) Maize(Kharif,HB) Bajra(Khari,HB) Wheat(Rabi,Local) Bengalgram Tur Horsegram(Kharif,Local ) 10 Greengram(Kharif,Local ) Blackgram(Kharif,Local) Drychillies(Kharif,Local ) Groundnut(Kharif,Local) Sesamum (Kharif,Local) Castor(Kharif,Local) Linseed(Rabi,Local)

24 17 Sugarcane(Kharif) Tobacco Coconut * * Potato(Kharif,Local) Onion(Kharif,Local) Cotton ource: SIP Division, DES ** = 1000 nuts * = based on seasonwise reports The prices of all commodities except Jowar(Rabi,Local) Bengalgram, Potato (Kharif,Local) and Cotton showed an increasing trend during over Index Number of Farm Harvest Prices: 12.1 The index number of farm harvest prices were calculated for 19 crops under the sub-groups viz., cereals, pulses, food crops, oilseeds, fibres and miscellaneous crops in the State with triennium ending as base year. The details for and are presented in Table Table-15 Index Number of Farm Harvest Prices for and (Base year : ) Sl.No. Sub-groups Index Number Percentage variation 1 Cereals Pulses Food Crops Oilseeds Fibres Miscellaneous Crops Non food crops All commodities

25 Source : SIP Division, DES 12.2 The index numbers of all sub groups increased during except Fibres. During it was highest in respect of pulses followed by oilseeds and the lowest for cereals. 13. Index Numbers of Consumer Prices for Agricultural Labourers 13.1 The consumer price index number of agricultural labourers for food groups stood at 433 points and the general index at 429 points in July At the end of the year i.e., in June 2009, the number was 487 for food group and 478 for general group. Table 16 provides these index numbers month wise, for Table 16 Consumer Price Index Number of Agricultural Labourers in Karnataka Month Food General July August September October November December January February March April May June Source : SIP Division, DES 22

26 14. Agriculture Wages: 14.1 The districtwise, class wise, details of agricultural wages for the year are given in Annexure - 9. There was an increase in the wages of carpenter, blacksmith and mochis during the year compared to The wages of skilled labourers and agricultural labourers in dry land,wet land and garden land has increased in compared to that of in varying degrees. The state average wage of Carpenters,Blacksmiths and Mochis has increased by 10%,9.7% and 11.7% respectively during The increase in wages during compared to is 38%(male) and 41%(female) in dryland,29%(male) and 24%(female) in wetland,39%(male) and21%(female) in gardenland under A category. During the same period, wages increased by 30%(male) and 24%(female) in dryland,23%(male),22%(female) in wet and gardenland under B category.the figures under C category are 12%(male) and17%(female) in dryland,7%(male),27%(female) in wetland and 3%(male) and 23%(female) in gardenland. Under D category,the figures are 24%(male) and 10%(female) in dryland,9%(male) and23%(female) in wetland and 21%(male) and 28%(female) in gardenland. It may be observed that the increase in wages of men is higher than that of their counterparts in A category(except in Dryland) and B category.in category C,increase in wages of females is higher than that of males.under D category,increase in wages is higher for women in wetland and garden land but lesser in dryland. 15. Livestock Census: 15.1 The data collected on quinquennial census during 2007(provisional) on livestock, agricultural machinery and implements are given in Appendix - 10.During livestock census 2007(P),compared to livestock census 2003,population of Bovines has increased by 9.6%,out of which cattle s share was 10% and that buffaloes was 8.42%.During the same period,number of sheeps,goats,mules,donkeys,camels and poultry registered an increase of 31.7%,30%,107%,5.2%,429% and 64% respectively but showed a decline to the extent of 18.18% in the number of horses and ponies and 10% in pigs.among the animal operated implements,there is a decrease in the number of wooden ploughs by 9% and discharrow by 0.86% but showed an increase by 35% in seed cum fertilizer drill by 6.94% in triphalli and 18% in levelling karash earth. *** *** *** 23

27 ANNEXURE

28 ANNEXURE-1 DISTRICTWISE NORMAL AND ACTUAL RAINFALL DURING KHARIF ( in mm ) Sl. Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 April 2008-August 2008 District No. N A C N A C N A C N A C N A C N A C 1 BAGALKOT D D S S N D 2 BANGALORE(U) D N D E E E 3 BANGALORE(R) S D S E E E 4 BELGAUM N D E D E E 5 BELLARY 26 3 S D D S N D 6 BIDAR D 31 9 S D D E D 7 BIJAPUR E D S S N D 8 CHAMARAJANAGAR N D N E E N 9 CHIKBALLAPUR 24 3 S N D E N N 10 CHICKMAGALUR D D N D E N 11 CHITRADURGA S N N N E E 12 D.KANNADA N D N D N N 13 DAVANGERE D N N D E N 14 DHARWAD D S D D E N 15 GADAG N D S D D D 16 GULBARGA 19 5 S S S D N D 17 HASSAN D N E N E E 18 HAVERI D D N D E N 19 KODAGU D S N D N N 20 KOLAR 22 8 S N D E E E 21 KOPPAL 21 6 S D S S D S 22 MANDYA D D E E E E 23 MYSORE D D N N E N 24 RAICHUR 43 4 S S S D N D 25 RAMANAGAR N E S N E N 26 SHIMOGA N D E D E N 27 TUMKUR D N N E E E 28 UDUPI N D N D N N 29 U.KANNADA D S N D E N State D D E N E N Note : E = Excess, N = Normal, D = Deficit, S = Scanty, A = Actual, C = Condition Source: ARC Division Normal: 50 years of Average rainfall( )

29 ANNEXURE - 1 DISTRICTWISE NORMAL AND ACTUAL RAINFALL DURING RABI Sl. No. District ( in mm ) Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 September 2008-December 2008 N A C N A C N A C N A C N A C 1 BAGALKOT N D N 7 0 NR N 2 BANGALORE(U) D N D 16 0 NR D 3 BANGALORE(R) D N D 11 5 D N 4 BELGAUM E D N 6 1 S N 5 BELLARY N D E 10 0 NR N 6 BIDAR E D 19 1 S 7 3 D N 7 BIJAPUR N D D 7 0 NR D 8 CHAMARAJANAGAR D E D 28 0 NR N 9 CHIKBALLAPUR E N N 14 3 S N 10 CHICKMAGALUR E D S 11 1 S N 11 CHITRADURGA E N D 9 0 NR N 12 D.KANNADA E N S 18 9 D N 13 DAVANGERE N D E 6 0 NR N 14 DHARWAD D S E 7 0 NR D 15 GADAG D D E 7 1 S N 16 GULBARGA N D D 5 2 D D 17 HASSAN E N D 10 0 NR N 18 HAVERI D D N 7 0 NR D 19 KODAGU N N S 18 2 S N 20 KOLAR N N E 17 3 S N 21 KOPPAL E D E 6 0 NR N 22 MANDYA D N D 16 1 S D 23 MYSORE D N S 13 0 NR D 24 RAICHUR N S S 14 1 S D 25 RAMANAGAR D N E 5 2 S N 26 SHIMOGA E S S 5 0 NR N 27 TUMKUR D N D 9 1 S N 28 UDUPI E D S 15 1 S N 29 U.KANNADA E S S 10 3 S N State N D D 11 2 S N Note : E = Excess, N = Normal, D = Deficit, S = Scanty, A = Actual, C = Condition, NR = No Rain Source: ARC Division Normal: 50 years of Average rainfall( )

30 ANNEXURE - 1 DISTRICTWISE NORMAL AND ACTUAL RAINFALL DURING SUMMER Sl. Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 January2009-March2009 Annual(April 2008 to March 2009) District No. N A C N A C N A C N A C N A C 1 BAGALKOT 1 0 NR 2 0 NR 6 4 D 9 4 D D 2 BANGALORE(U) 2 0 NR 7 1 S 8 7 N 17 8 D N 3 BANGALORE(R) 1 0 NR 3 0 NR 5 11 E 9 11 E N 4 BELGAUM 2 0 NR 1 0 NR 7 10 E N N 5 BELLARY 1 0 NR 2 0 NR 3 3 N 6 3 D D 6 BIDAR 5 0 NR 8 0 NR 11 7 D 24 7 S N 7 BIJAPUR 2 0 NR 3 0 NR 6 3 D 11 3 S E 8 CHAMARAJANAGAR 3 0 NR 6 0 NR N D N 9 CHIKBALLAPUR 2 0 NR 3 0 NR 6 12 E N N 10 CHICKMAGALUR 2 0 NR 2 0 NR E E N 11 CHITRADURGA 1 0 NR 1 0 NR 5 23 E 7 23 E N 12 D.KANNADA 3 1 S 2 0 NR 9 55 E E N 13 DAVANGERE 1 0 NR 1 0 NR 4 26 E 6 26 E N 14 DHARWAD 3 0 NR 4 0 NR 8 19 E E D 15 GADAG 1 0 NR 1 0 NR 4 11 E 6 11 E D 16 GULBARGA 3 0 NR 4 0 NR 7 6 N 14 6 D D 17 HASSAN 2 0 NR 2 0 NR 8 40 E E E 18 HAVERI 1 0 NR 1 0 NR 5 32 E 7 32 E N 19 KODAGU 4 0 NR 5 0 NR E E N 20 KOLAR 2 0 NR 4 0 NR 8 14 E N N 21 KOPPAL 1 0 NR 1 1 E 2 12 E 4 13 E D 22 MANDYA 2 0 NR 4 0 NR 9 16 E N N 23 MYSORE 2 0 NR 4 0 NR E E N 24 RAICHUR 1 0 NR 5 0 NR 10 1 S 16 1 S D 25 RAMANAGAR 1 0 NR 2 0 NR 4 31 E 7 31 E N 26 SHIMOGA 1 0 NR 1 0 NR 5 27 E 7 27 E N 27 TUMKUR 1 0 NR 2 0 NR 6 21 E 9 21 E N 28 UDUPI 3 0 NR 1 0 NR 5 30 E 9 30 E N 29 U.KANNADA 1 0 NR 0 0 NR 3 28 E 4 28 E N State 2 0 NR 3 0 NR 8 24 E E N Note : E = Excess, N = Normal, D = Deficit, S = Scanty, A = Actual, C = Condition, NR = No Rain Source: ARC Division Normal: 50 years of Average rainfall( ) (in mm)

31 ANNEXURE - 2 CLASSIFICATION OF TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN KARNATAKA, (Area in Hectares) Geographical Area Classification of Area Sl. Not Available for Cultivation No. District Professional Village Land put Barren & Cultivable Forest Survey Papers to Non- Uncultivable Waste agricultural uses Land BAGALKOT BANGALORE(U) BANGALORE(R) BELGAUM BELLARY BIDAR BIJAPUR CHAMARAJANAGAR CHIKKABALLAPURA CHICKMAGALUR CHITRADURGA D.KANNADA DAVANGERE DHARWAD GADAG GULBARGA HASSAN HAVERI KODAGU KOLAR KOPPAL MANDYA MYSORE RAICHUR RAMANAGARA SHIMOGA TUMKUR UDUPI U.KANNADA STATE (Continued) 27

32 ANNEXURE -2 CLASSIFICATION OF TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN KARNATAKA, (Area in Hectar Classification of Area Uncultivated land Net Total Area sown Fallow Land Sl. excluding fallow land Area Cropped more than District No. Permanent Miscellaneous Current Other Sown Area once(14)-(13) Pastures & Tree Crops, Fallows Fallow Land other grazing land Groves(*) BAGALKOT BANGALORE(U) BANGALORE(R) BELGAUM BELLARY BIDAR BIJAPUR CHAMARAJANAGAR CHIKKABALLAPURA CHICKMAGALUR CHITRADURGA D.KANNADA DAVANGERE DHARWAD GADAG GULBARGA HASSAN HAVERI KODAGU KOLAR KOPPAL MANDYA MYSORE RAICHUR RAMANAGARA SHIMOGA TUMKUR UDUPI U.KANNADA STATE