Agricultural and Fish Production, Year 2019​

Highlights

1. Sugar cane
 
The production of sugar cane went up by 7.9% from 3,154,515 tonnes in 2018 to 3,405,250 tonnes in 2019. The average yield has increased by 14.2% from 66.16 tonnes per hectare in 2018 to 75.​58 in 2019. The area harvested decreased from 47,678 hectares in 2018 to 45,054 hectares in 2019.    
 
The production of sugar went up by 2.4% from 323,406 tonnes in 2018 to 331,105 tonnes in 2019. Compared to 10.26% in 2018, the average extraction rate was 9.73% in 2019 representing a decrease of 5.2%.
 
2. Tea
 
Area under tea plantation in 2019 was 656 hectares same as in 2018. Production of green tea leaves went up by 3.4% from 8,056 tonnes in 2018 to 8,329 tonnes in 2019. The production of manufactured tea increased by 7.7% from 1,470 tonnes in 2018 to 1,583 tonnes in 2019.
 
 
3. Food Crops 
 
A total area of 7,334 hectares under food crops was harvested in 2019, representing a decrease of 4.1% over the figure of 7,646 hectares in 2018. The production decreased by 3.2% from 96,847 tonnes to 93,736 tonnes in 2019, mainly explained by unfavourable climatic conditions. The area under rice cultivation harvested decreased by 53.8% from 13 hectares in 2018 to 6 hectares in 2019. However, the production of paddy rice went up by 10.5% from 19 tonnes to 21 tonnes during the same period.
         
4. Livestock
 
In 2019, beef production from live cattle was 2,051 tonnes, 0.1% lower than the production of 2,053 tonnes in 2018. Production of beef from the slaughter of imported cattle increased by 0.2% and that of local beef went down by 7.7%.
 
Production of goat meat and mutton went down by 31.1% from 61 tonnes in 2018 to 42 tonnes in 2019. The production of pork increased by 9.8%.
 
5. Poultry
 
The production of poultry was 51,000 tonnes in 2019 compared to 49,000 tonnes in 2018.
 
6. Fish
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Fish production increased by 8.7% from 29,116 tonnes in 2018 to 31,663 tonnes in 2019.  Production of other catch (tuna, bank etc) rose by 9.4% and that of fresh coastal fish catch de​creased by 1.3%.
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March 2020​