Oilseeds in Assam

Kharif Oilseed:

Estimates of Area of Kharif Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Area (' 000 Hectares)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	18.94	18.38	18.49	18.38	18.00
All India	17228.49	17708.82	19283.76	20932.63	19752.81

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Area of Kharif Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Area (' 000 Hectares)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	19.19	18.59	18.94	18.38	18.49
All India	18862.92	18666.50	17228.49	17708.82	19283.76

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Production of Kharif Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Production ('000 Tonnes)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	12.06	11.80	12.05	11.63	11.48
All India	21006.26	20676.18	22247.38	23722.57	23972.13

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Production of Kharif Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Production ('000 Tonnes)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	12.36	12.05	12.06	11.80	12.05
All India	16679.70	21513.26	21006.25	20676.18	22247.38

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Yield of Kharif Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Yield (Kgs./Hect.)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	637	642	652	633	638
All India	1219	1168	1154	1133	1214

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Yield of Kharif Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Yield (Kgs./Hect.)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	644	648	637	642	652
All India	884	1153	1219	1168	1154

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Rabi Oilseed:

Estimates of Area of Rabi Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Area (' 000 Hectares)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	295.29	290.50	292.33	291.27	293.72
All India	7279.41	7085.49	7855.53	7901.06	9192.21

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Area of Rabi Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Area (' 000 Hectares)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	290.95	298.99	295.29	290.50	292.33
All India	7223.86	7510.62	7279.41	7085.49	7855.52

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Production of Rabi Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Production ('000 Tonnes)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	188.56	186.62	180.39	188.30	189.05
All India	10453.01	10845.59	10971.84	12223.61	13990.86

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Production of Rabi Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Production ('000 Tonnes)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	202.84	192.26	188.56	186.62	180.35
All India	8571.08	9762.35	10453.01	10845.59	10971.84

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Yield of Rabi Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Yield (Kgs./Hect.)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	639	642	617	646	644
All India	1436	1531	1397	1547	1522

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Yield of Rabi Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Yield (Kgs./Hect.)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	697	643	639	642	617
All India	1186	1300	1436	1531	1397

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Total Oilseed:

Estimates of Area of Total Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Area (' 000 Hectares)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	314.23	308.88	310.82	309.65	311.72
All India	24507.90	24794.31	27139.29	28833.69	28945.02

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Area of Total Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Area (' 000 Hectares)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	310.13	317.58	314.23	308.88	310.82
All India	26086.78	26177.12	24507.90	24794.30	27139.29

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Production of Total Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Production ('000 Tonnes)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	200.62	198.43	192.45	199.93	200.54
All India	31459.27	31521.77	33219.22	35946.18	37962.98

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Production of Total Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Production ('000 Tonnes)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	215.19	204.31	200.62	198.43	192.41
All India	25250.78	31275.62	31459.26	31521.77	33219.22

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Yield of Total Oilseeds, 2017-18 to 2021-22:

State	Yield (Kgs./Hect.)
State	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Assam	638	642	619	646	643
All India	1284	1271	1224	1247	1312

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Estimates of Yield of Total Oilseeds, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	Yield (Kgs./Hect.)
State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Assam	694	643	638	642	619
All India	968	1195	1284	1271	1224

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Area, Production and Yield of Different Oilseed Crops, 2021-22:

State/Crop/District	Season	Area (Hectare)	Production (Tonne)	Yield (Tonne/Hectare)
Castor seed
1. Baksa	Kharif	13	8	0.62
2. Barpeta	Kharif	12	4	0.33
3. Bongaigaon	Kharif	10	5	0.5
4. Cachar	Kharif	1	1	1
5. Chirang	Kharif	5	2	0.4
6. Darrang	Kharif	1	1	1
7. Dhemaji	Kharif	15	9	0.6
8. Dhubri	Kharif	4	3	0.75
9. Dima hasao	Kharif	42	17	0.4
10. Goalpara	Kharif	21	7	0.33
11. Golaghat	Kharif	24	16	0.67
12. Hailakandi	Kharif	3	2	0.67
13. Jorhat	Kharif	16	9	0.56
14. Kamrup	Kharif	9	3	0.33
15. Karbi anglong	Kharif	205	81	0.4
16. Kokrajhar	Kharif	50	37	0.74
17. Lakhimpur	Kharif	49	34	0.69
18. Majuli	Kharif	30	11	0.37
19. Marigaon	Kharif	2	1	0.5
20. Nagaon	Kharif	4	4	1
21. Nalbari	Kharif	1	1	1
22. Sonitpur	Kharif	2	1	0.5
23. Udalguri	Kharif	18	7	0.39
24. West karbi anglong	Kharif	165	65	0.39
Total Castor seed		702	329	0.47
Linseed
1. Baksa	Rabi	312	232	0.74
2. Barpeta	Rabi	1342	875	0.65
3. Biswanath	Rabi	51	39	0.76
4. Bongaigaon	Rabi	242	122	0.5
5. Cachar	Rabi	34	19	0.56
6. Chirang	Rabi	201	136	0.68
7. Darrang	Rabi	344	223	0.65
8. Dhemaji	Rabi	20	12	0.6
9. Dhubri	Rabi	202	125	0.62
10. Dibrugarh	Rabi	2	1	0.5
11. Goalpara	Rabi	201	118	0.59
12. Hailakandi	Rabi	4	2	0.5
13. Hojai	Rabi	35	18	0.51
14. Jorhat	Rabi	1	1	1
15. Kamrup	Rabi	324	175	0.54
16. Kamrup metro	Rabi	12	7	0.58
17. Karbi anglong	Rabi	44	20	0.45
18. Karimganj	Rabi	30	17	0.57
19. Kokrajhar	Rabi	431	258	0.6
20. Lakhimpur	Rabi	15	8	0.53
21. Majuli	Rabi	20	13	0.65
22. Marigaon	Rabi	138	57	0.41
23. Nagaon	Rabi	182	88	0.48
24. Nalbari	Rabi	43	27	0.63
25. Sonitpur	Rabi	115	74	0.64
26. South salmara mancachar	Rabi	40	30	0.75
27. Udalguri	Rabi	376	271	0.72
28. West karbi anglong	Rabi	15	6	0.4
Total Linseed		4776	2974	0.62
Niger seed
1. Baksa	Kharif	282	128	0.45
2. Barpeta	Kharif	1391	839	0.6
3. Biswanath	Kharif	13	8	0.62
4. Bongaigaon	Kharif	250	111	0.44
5. Cachar	Kharif	21	10	0.48
6. Chirang	Kharif	249	145	0.58
7. Darrang	Kharif	355	208	0.59
8. Dhemaji	Kharif	2	1	0.5
9. Dhubri	Kharif	370	227	0.61
10. Dima hasao	Kharif	13	7	0.54
11. Goalpara	Kharif	322	229	0.71
12. Hailakandi	Kharif	1	1	1
13. Hojai	Kharif	77	62	0.81
14. Jorhat	Kharif	2	1	0.5
15. Kamrup	Kharif	467	252	0.54
16. Kamrup metro	Kharif	17	9	0.53
17. Karbi anglong	Kharif	27	14	0.52
18. Kokrajhar	Kharif	863	457	0.53
19. Lakhimpur	Kharif	5	2	0.4
20. Majuli	Kharif	5	3	0.6
21. Marigaon	Kharif	144	61	0.42
22. Nagaon	Kharif	157	89	0.57
23. Nalbari	Kharif	29	11	0.38
24. Sonitpur	Kharif	209	139	0.67
25. South salmara mancachar	Kharif	25	18	0.72
26. Tinsukia	Kharif	3	1	0.33
27. Udalguri	Kharif	341	242	0.71
28. West karbi anglong	Kharif	20	10	0.5
Total Niger seed		5660	3285	0.58
Rapeseed &Mustard
1. Baksa	Rabi	11250	7856	0.7
2. Barpeta	Rabi	19794	12849	0.65
3. Biswanath	Rabi	5654	2214	0.39
4. Bongaigaon	Rabi	6788	4449	0.66
5. Cachar	Rabi	1634	554	0.34
6. Charaideo	Rabi	143	60	0.42
7. Chirang	Rabi	12359	5473	0.44
8. Darrang	Rabi	17068	14661	0.86
9. Dhemaji	Rabi	16196	8939	0.55
10. Dhubri	Rabi	16790	13651	0.81
11. Dibrugarh	Rabi	2306	1372	0.59
12. Dima hasao	Rabi	1883	1687	0.9
13. Goalpara	Rabi	8679	5390	0.62
14. Golaghat	Rabi	7587	3254	0.43
15. Hailakandi	Rabi	117	45	0.38
16. Hojai	Rabi	2408	1931	0.8
17. Jorhat	Rabi	1149	497	0.43
18. Kamrup	Rabi	18852	10418	0.55
19. Kamrup metro	Rabi	521	378	0.73
20. Karbi anglong	Rabi	14876	5445	0.37
21. Karimganj	Rabi	445	242	0.54
22. Kokrajhar	Rabi	18052	12661	0.7
23. Lakhimpur	Rabi	24077	17366	0.72
24. Majuli	Rabi	9005	7528	0.84
25. Marigaon	Rabi	8331	4849	0.58
26. Nagaon	Rabi	12112	7650	0.63
27. Nalbari	Rabi	8000	6848	0.86
28. Sivasagar	Rabi	1313	814	0.62
29. Sonitpur	Rabi	14850	11138	0.75
30. South salmara mancachar	Rabi	2255	1797	0.8
31. Tinsukia	Rabi	9929	6781	0.68
32. Udalguri	Rabi	6266	4013	0.64
33. West karbi anglong	Rabi	8256	3319	0.4
Total Rapeseed &Mustard		288945	186129	0.64
Sesamum
1. Baksa	Kharif	285	188	0.66
2. Barpeta	Kharif	637	480	0.75
3. Biswanath	Kharif	114	99	0.87
4. Bongaigaon	Kharif	384	196	0.51
5. Cachar	Kharif	171	90	0.53
6. Charaideo	Kharif	14	6	0.43
7. Chirang	Kharif	507	284	0.56
8. Darrang	Kharif	678	446	0.66
9. Dhemaji	Kharif	78	66	0.85
10. Dhubri	Kharif	466	345	0.74
11. Dibrugarh	Kharif	45	16	0.36
12. Dima hasao	Kharif	1010	636	0.63
13. Goalpara	Kharif	311	252	0.81
14. Golaghat	Kharif	216	126	0.58
15. Hailakandi	Kharif	25	16	0.64
16. Hojai	Kharif	120	56	0.47
17. Jorhat	Kharif	15	9	0.6
18. Kamrup	Kharif	760	487	0.64
19. Kamrup metro	Kharif	89	57	0.64
20. Karbi anglong	Kharif	1652	1239	0.75
21. Karimganj	Kharif	10	6	0.6
22. Kokrajhar	Kharif	418	327	0.78
23. Lakhimpur	Kharif	303	161	0.53
24. Majuli	Kharif	82	57	0.7
25. Marigaon	Kharif	152	122	0.8
26. Nagaon	Kharif	642	300	0.47
27. Nalbari	Kharif	268	150	0.56
28. Sivasagar	Kharif	17	15	0.88
29. Sonitpur	Kharif	558	427	0.77
30. South salmara mancachar	Kharif	155	115	0.74
31. Tinsukia	Kharif	124	74	0.6
32. Udalguri	Kharif	244	224	0.92
33. West karbi anglong	Kharif	1087	815	0.75
Total Sesamum		11637	7887	0.68

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Area, Production and Yield of Different Oilseed Crops, 2018-19:

Crop/District	Season	Area (Hectare)	Production (Tonnes)	Yield (Tonnes/Hectare)
Castor Seed
1.Baksa	Kharif	15	10	0.67
2.Barpeta	Kharif	9	4	0.44
3.Bongaigaon	Kharif	7	3	0.43
4.Cachar	Kharif	1	1	1.00
5.Chirang	Kharif	8	4	0.50
6.Darrang	Kharif	1	1	1.00
7.Dhemaji	Kharif	21	12	0.57
8.Dhubri	Kharif	6	4	0.67
9.Dima Hasao	Kharif	48	19	0.40
10.Goalpara	Kharif	22	10	0.45
11.Golaghat	Kharif	28	19	0.68
12.Hailakandi	Kharif	5	3	0.60
13.Jorhat	Kharif	29	15	0.52
14.Kamrup	Kharif	4	2	0.50
15.Karbi Anglong	Kharif	362	143	0.40
16.Karimganj	Kharif	1	1	1.00
17.Kokrajhar	Kharif	63	37	0.59
18.Lakhimpur	Kharif	31	19	0.61
19.Marigaon	Kharif	5	2	0.40
20.Nagaon	Kharif	3	2	0.67
21.Nalbari	Kharif	1	1	1.00
22.Sivasagar	Kharif	2	2	1.00
23.Sonitpur	Kharif	8	4	0.50
24.Tinsukia	Kharif	2	1	0.50
25.Udalguri	Kharif	42	17	0.40
Total - Castor Seed		724.00	336	0.46
Linseed
1.Baksa	Rabi	350	266	0.76
2.Barpeta	Rabi	1524	943	0.62
3.Bongaigaon	Rabi	228	82	0.36
4.Cachar	Rabi	23	10	0.43
5.Chirang	Rabi	191	125	0.65
6.Darrang	Rabi	346	254	0.73
7.Dhemaji	Rabi	47	36	0.77
8.Dhubri	Rabi	242	141	0.58
9.Goalpara	Rabi	200	120	0.60
10.Hailakandi	Rabi	5	3	0.60
11.Jorhat	Rabi	2	2	1.00
12.Kamrup	Rabi	117	61	0.52
13.Kamrup Metro	Rabi	6	3	0.50
14.Karbi Anglong	Rabi	66	30	0.45
15.Karimganj	Rabi	28	14	0.50
16.Kokrajhar	Rabi	340	194	0.57
17.Lakhimpur	Rabi	10	7	0.70
18.Marigaon	Rabi	196	94	0.48
19.Nagaon	Rabi	218	102	0.47
20.Nalbari	Rabi	163	111	0.68
21.Sonitpur	Rabi	109	68	0.62
22.Tinsukia	Rabi	2	1	0.50
23.Udalguri	Rabi	350	231	0.66
Total - Linseed		4763.00	2898	0.61
Niger Seed
1.Baksa	Kharif	377	219	0.58
2.Barpeta	Kharif	1471	815	0.55
3.Bongaigaon	Kharif	206	72	0.35
4.Cachar	Kharif	14	7	0.50
5.Chirang	Kharif	231	127	0.55
6.Darrang	Kharif	359	223	0.62
7.Dhemaji	Kharif	4	2	0.50
8.Dhubri	Kharif	391	242	0.62
9.Dima Hasao	Kharif	16	8	0.50
10.Goalpara	Kharif	319	223	0.70
11.Hailakandi	Kharif	1	1	1.00
12.Kamrup	Kharif	315	163	0.52
13.Kamrup Metro	Kharif	15	8	0.53
14.Karbi Anglong	Kharif	62	32	0.52
15.Kokrajhar	Kharif	700	372	0.53
16.Lakhimpur	Kharif	12	3	0.25
17.Marigaon	Kharif	237	119	0.50
18.Nagaon	Kharif	228	123	0.54
19.Nalbari	Kharif	129	52	0.40
20.Sonitpur	Kharif	167	92	0.55
21.Tinsukia	Kharif	20	10	0.50
22.Udalguri	Kharif	400	216	0.54
Total - Niger Seed		5674.00	3129	0.55
Rapeseed & Mustard
1.Baksa	Rabi	11020	6948	0.63
2.Barpeta	Rabi	18960	12159	0.64
3.Bongaigaon	Rabi	7187	3887	0.54
4.Cachar	Rabi	1732	974	0.56
5.Chirang	Rabi	14227	6879	0.48
6.Darrang	Rabi	13340	8551	0.64
7.Dhemaji	Rabi	16300	9106	0.56
8.Dhubri	Rabi	15994	12496	0.78
9.Dibrugarh	Rabi	2453	2046	0.83
10.Dima Hasao	Rabi	3208	3054	0.95
11.Goalpara	Rabi	8110	3187	0.39
12.Golaghat	Rabi	6087	3315	0.54
13.Hailakandi	Rabi	220	141	0.64
14.Jorhat	Rabi	10005	8180	0.82
15.Kamrup	Rabi	11680	6503	0.56
16.Kamrup Metro	Rabi	1413	800	0.57
17.Karbi Anglong	Rabi	23745	13671	0.58
18.Karimganj	Rabi	162	115	0.71
19.Kokrajhar	Rabi	22700	16665	0.73
20.Lakhimpur	Rabi	24372	15671	0.64
21.Marigaon	Rabi	10071	5811	0.58
22.Nagaon	Rabi	16680	12176	0.73
23.Nalbari	Rabi	8622	7079	0.82
24.Sivasagar	Rabi	2327	1049	0.45
25.Sonitpur	Rabi	20039	14164	0.71
26.Tinsukia	Rabi	8546	4902	0.57
27.Udalguri	Rabi	6536	4136	0.63
Total - Rapeseed &Mustard		285736.00	183665	0.64
Sesamum
1.Baksa	Kharif	285	208	0.73
2.Barpeta	Kharif	694	504	0.73
3.Bongaigaon	Kharif	295	188	0.64
4.Cachar	Kharif	152	84	0.55
5.Chirang	Kharif	518	311	0.60
6.Darrang	Kharif	650	417	0.64
7.Dhemaji	Kharif	66	17	0.26
8.Dhubri	Kharif	616	455	0.74
9.Dibrugarh	Kharif	41	29	0.71
10.Dima Hasao	Kharif	1012	638	0.63
11.Goalpara	Kharif	318	254	0.80
12.Golaghat	Kharif	263	154	0.59
13.Hailakandi	Kharif	31	19	0.61
14.Jorhat	Kharif	130	88	0.68
15.Kamrup	Kharif	265	159	0.60
16.Kamrup Metro	Kharif	87	51	0.59
17.Karbi Anglong	Kharif	3462	2713	0.78
18.Karimganj	Kharif	20	12	0.60
19.Kokrajhar	Kharif	520	397	0.76
20.Lakhimpur	Kharif	289	153	0.53
21.Marigaon	Kharif	234	199	0.85
22.Nagaon	Kharif	785	353	0.45
23.Nalbari	Kharif	229	149	0.65
24.Sivasagar	Kharif	33	21	0.64
25.Sonitpur	Kharif	678	527	0.78
26.Tinsukia	Kharif	93	50	0.54
27.Udalguri	Kharif	217	205	0.94
Total - Sesamum		11983.00	8355	0.70

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India