Agricultural and fish production: Year 2024
Highlights
1. Sugar cane
The production of sugar cane decreased by 10.5% from 2,452,653 tonnes in 2023 to 2,195,802 tonnes in 2024. The average yield has decreased by 7.6% from 68.39 tonnes per hectare in 2023 to 63.17 in 2024. The area harvested decreased from 35,863 hectares in 2023 to 34,759 hectares in 2024.
The production of sugar went down by 5.6% from 238,854 tonnes in 2023 to 225,547 tonnes in 2024. Compared to 9.74% in 2023, the average extraction rate was 10.28% in 2024, representing an increase of 5.5%.
2. Tea
Area under tea plantation in 2024 was 623 hectares, representing a decrease of 0.6% over the figure of 627 hectares in 2023. Production of green tea leaves went down by 11.0% from 6,762 tonnes in 2023 to 6,018 tonnes in 2024. The production of manufactured tea decreased by 11.8% from 1,345 tonnes in 2023 to 1,186 tonnes in 2024.
3. Food Crops
The area harvested under food crops for open fields increased by 4.1% from 9,111.5 hectares in 2023 to 9,484.3 hectares in 2024. Production increased by 9.6% from 143,936.6 tonnes in 2023 to 157,701.3 tonnes in 2024.
The area harvested under food crops for under covered cultures increased by 0.6% from 99.5 hectares in 2023 to 100.1 hectares in 2024. However, the production decreased by 7.6% from 11,281.9 tonnes to 10,423.3 tonnes.
The total area harvested under food crops increased by 4.1% from 9,211.0 hectares in 2023 to 9,584.5 hectares in 2024. The total production went up by 8.3% from 155,218.5 tonnes to 168,124.6 tonnes.
4. Livestock
In 2024, beef production from live cattle was 2,090 tonnes, 2.0% higher than the production of 2,049 tonnes in 2023. Production of beef from the slaughter of imported cattle decreased by 0.2%.
Production of goat meat and mutton increased by 2.2% from 46 tonnes in 2023 to 47 tonnes in 2024.
The production of pork increased by 10.7% from 572 tonnes in 2023 to 633 tonnes in 2024.
5. Poultry
The production of poultry decreased by 13.5% from 59,200 tonnes in 2023 to 51,200 tonnes in 2024.
6. Fish
Fish production increased by 3.5% from 36,098 tonnes in 2023 to 37,362 tonnes in 2024. Production of other catch (tuna, bank etc) increased by 3.7% and that of fresh coastal fish catch decreased by 1.6%.
18 March 2025
