State-wise Rice Productivity Analysis

 

State : Arunachal Pradesh   

In Arunachal Pradesh, rice is grown in 13 districts. In fact, productivity of this state is very poor. All the districts are having low or very low productivity except one district which falls under medium low productivity group. Total area under rice in medium-low productivity group in one district during triennium ending 2000-2001 was 0.10 lakh hectares, which was 8.7% of average triennium area of rice in the state and average production was 0.17 lakh tonnes during the same year. The percentage share of medium-low productivity group was 13.4% of state's average production of 1.27 lakh tonnes. Average productivity of this district during triennium ending 2000-2001 was 1,644 kg/ha, which was 54% higher than the state's average productivity of 1,069 kg/ha.

Six districts in the state are having low productivity i.e., yield in the range of 1,000-1,500 kg/ha. Average area under rice in these six districts during triennium ending 2000-2001 was 0.64 lakh hectares, which was 54.1% of state's total average area of 1.19 lakh hectares under rice during the same year. Average production of six districts falling under low productivity group during triennium ending 2000-2001 was 0.77 lakh tonnes, which was 60.8% of state's average production of rice. Average productivity of these six districts falling under low productivity group was 1,202 kg/ha, which was higher than the state's average productivity of 1,069 kg/ha, but it was much below the national average productivity of 1,947 kg/ha during the same period.

Another six districts in Arunachal Pradesh are having very low productivity i.e., yield below 1,000 kg/ha. Average area under rice in these six districts during triennium ending 2000-2001 was 0.44 lakh hectares, which contributed 37.1% of state's average area of 1.19 lakh hectares under rice during the same period. Average production of very low productivity group comprising of six districts during the triennium ending 2000-2001 was 0.33 lakh tonnes, which was 25.7% of state's average production of 1.27 lakh tonnes. Average productivity of these six districts falling under very low productivity group was 740 kg/ha, which was much below the state's average productivity of 1,069 kg/ha during the triennium ending 2000-2001.

All rice growing districts in Arunachal Pradesh are having poor to very poor productivity. About 91% rice area is concentrated in low to very low productivity zones of the state. More than 70% crop is grown under rainfed condition with traditional varieties. Cultivation of rice with high yielding varieties is below 30% in Arunachal Pradesh. In fact , more than 90%  area falls under low and very low productivity range. If a proper crop production strategy is evolved and followed by the farmers, the present productivity can be increased and thereby increasing the total production of rice in the state without expansion of area under rice.

Area, production and productivity of rice under different productivity groups in Arunachal Pradesh during triennium ending 2000-2001 are given in Table-2.

Table-2 : Arunachal Pradesh  
SLProductivity
Groups
Number
of
Districts
Area (Million Ha.)Percent of State's Rice AreaProduction in Lakh TonnesPercent of State's Rice ProductionProductivity
(Kg/Ha.)
1.High Productivity
(> 2,500 Kg/Ha)
------
2.Medium Productivity
(> 2,000-2,500 Kg/Ha)
------
3.Medium-Low Productivity (> 1,500-2,000 Kg/Ha)10.10408.740.17113.441,644
4.Low Productivity
(1,000-1,500 Kg/Ha)
60.64454.120.77460.851,202
5.Very-Low Productivity
(< 1,000 Kg/Ha)
60.44237.140.32725.71740
 TOTAL131.190100.0%1.272100.0%1,069

 

Number of Districts as per Productivity Status  
Number of Rice Growing Districts : 13 
High Productivity Districts
(> 2,500 Kg/Ha.)
Medium Productivity Districts (2,000-2,500 Kg/Ha.)Medium-Low Productivity Districts
(1,500-2,000 Kg/Ha.)
Low Productivity Districts
(1,000-1,500 Kg/ha.)
Very Low Productivity Districts (< 1,000 Kg/Ha.)
SLDistrictYieldSLDistrictYieldSLDistrictYieldSLDistrictYieldSLDistrictYield
1.East Siang1,6441.Tawang1,3001.Papumpare991
2.Dibang Valley1,2942.W/Kameng889
3.Lahit1,2853.L/Subansiri709
4.Changlang1,2654.Upper Siang683
5.East Kameng1,1865.Tirap642
6.W/Sing1,0576.U/Subansiri628