ANNEXURE - 4.

Cropping Pattern of Principal Crops in Orissa

(Area in thousand hectare)
Sl. 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
No. Crops Area % to Area % to Area % to Area % to Area % to Area % to Area % to
total total total total total total total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
(A) Cereals
1 Rice 4,500 76.18 4,273 77.71 4,501 76.40 4,492 76.92 4,479 75.5 4451 75.7 4452 74.76
2 Wheat 7 0.12 5 0.09 5 0.08 4 0.07 3 0.05 4 0.06 6 0.10
3 Maize 51 0.86 43 0.78 56 y 62 1.06 64 1.08 61 1.04 74 1.25
4 Ragi 76 1.29 77 1.40 70 1.19 64 1.10 66 1.11 65 1.11 68 1.14
5 Others 59 1.00 47 0.85 41 0.70 38 0.65 36 0.61 32 0.54 31 0.52
Total (A) 4,693 79.45 4,445 80.83 4,673 79.32 4,660 79.79 4,648 78.3 4613 78.5 4631 77.77

(B) Pulses
6 Gram 30 0.51 21 0.38 29 0.49 33 0.57 35 0.59 37 0.63 39 0.66
7 Arhar 126 2.13 115 2.09 137 2.33 129 2.21 133 2.24 132 2.25 137 2.30
8 Other pulses 519 8.79 465 8.46 550 9.34 490 8.39 641 10.8 621 10.6 673 11.30
Total (B) 675 11.43 601 10.93 716 12.16 653 11.16 809 13.6 790 13.4 849 14.26

Total Foodgrai 5,368 90.88 5,046 91.76 5,389 91.48 5,313 90.98 5,457 92 5403 91.9 5480 92.03
(A + B )
(C) Oil Seeds
9 Groundnut 62 1.05 56 1.02 77 1.31 88 1.50 91 1.53 79 1.34 84 1.41
10 Sesamum 52 0.88 44 0.80 38 0.65 49 0.84 55 0.93 50 0.85 48 0.81
11 Rape seed 14 0.24 12 0.22 16 0.27 16 0.27 17 0.29 15 0.26 16 0.27
and mustard
12 Caster seeds N.A. - N.A. - 21 0.36 18 0.31 16 0.27 17 0.29 18 0.30
13 Others 198 3.35 156 2.83 157 2.66 154 2.64 92 1.55 96 1.63 98 1.64
Total (C) 326 5.52 268 4.87 309 5.25 325 5.56 271 4.57 257 4.37 264 4.43

(D) Fibres
14 Cotton 63 1.07 29 0.53 37 0.63 46 0.79 57 0.96 59 1 50 0.84
15 Jute 5 0.08 6 0.11 3 0.05 3 0.05 3 0.05 5 0.09 6 0.10
16 Other fibres 38 0.64 35 0.64 36 0.61 35 0.60 32 0.54 32 0.54 31 0.52
Total (D) 106 1.79 70 1.28 76 1.29 84 1.44 92 1.55 96 1.63 87 1.46

(E) Other Crops

17 Sugarcane 11 0.19 14 0.26 15 0.25 14 0.24 16 0.27 20 0.34 20 0.33
18 Tobacco 6 0.10 4 0.07 5 0.09 5 0.09 - - 4 0.07 4 0.07
19 Patato 7 0.12 7 0.13 7 0.12 9 0.15 8 0.13 9 0.15 9 0.15
20 Chillies 70 1.18 75 1.36 75 1.27 75 1.28 75 1.26 75 1.28 75 1.26
21 Ginger 13 0.22 15 0.27 15 0.25 16 0.27 16 0.27 16 0.27 16 0.27
Total (E) 107 1.81 115 2.09 117 1.98 118 2.02 115 1.94 124 2.11 124 2.08

Grand Total 5,907 ##### 5,499 100.00 5,891 ##### 5,840 100 5,935 100 5880 100 5955 100
(A+B+C+D+E)

N.A - Not available

Source : Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production, Orissa, Bhubaneswar,
Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Orissa, Bhubaneswar
Directorate of Horticulture, Orissa, Bhubaneswar
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