YIELD RATES OF MAJOR CROPS

 

Table 8                                                                                            (Kilogram-Hectare)

 

1998/99

1999/00

% change

Wheat

1,934

1,830

-5.4

Barley

1,809

1,425

-21.2

Rice

4,506

4,000

-11.2

Cotton

2.009

2,042

1.6

Sugar beets

26,957

29,828

10.7

Sugar cane

70,357

86,000

22.2

Tea (green)

7,714

8,088

4.8

Oil seeds

1,270

1,143

-10.0

Tobacco

1,095

957

-12.6

Pulses

602

504

-16.3

Potatoes

21,043

21,323

1.3

Onions

25,208

29,946

18.8

Pistachio

1,212

512

-57.8