Principal Crops

Area Under Principal Crops of Meghalaya, 2017-18 to 2022-23:

(in Hectares)

Crops	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
1. Rice
a. Autumn	33575	33494	33480	30062	27283	15939
b. Winter	63883	63814	63889	63906	78257	79358
c. Spring	13683	13624	13628	13629	14826	12475
Total Rice	111141	110932	110997	107597	120366	107772
2. Wheat	460	462	464	464	262	262
3. Maize	18152	18163	18174	18185	19740	19482
4.Other Cereals & small millets	2924	2902	2893	2893	2923	3072
Total Cereals	132677	132459	132528	129139	143291	130588
5. Gram Pulses	1858	1865	1869	1869	1869	1891
6. Tur(Ahaar)	1178	1183	1186	1189	1192	1214
7. Rabi Pulses	5246	5269	5281	5282	5312	5397
Total Pulses	8282	8317	8336	8340	8373	8502
Total Foodgrains	140959	140776	140864	137479	151664	139090
8. Sesamum	2373	2379	2382	2386	2390	2399
9. Castor	72	72	72	72	72	73
10 .Rape seed & Mustard seed	9869	9879	9879	9886	9897	9884
11. Linseed	93	94	95	95	95	95
Total Oilseeds	12407	12424	12428	12439	12454	12451

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Crops	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
12. Jute	6673	6678	6680	6680	6685	3349
13. Mesta	4470	4475	4480	4482	4482	4401
14. Cotton	7255	7260	7245	7240	4705	2142
15. Sugarcane	121	125	128	130	132	121
16. Chillies (Green)	2320	2327	2334	2341	2348	2438
17. Tobacco	799	802	803	807	807	810
18. Turmeric (Green)	2649	2658	2980	3006	3024	3609
19. Arecanut (Green)	18209	18220	18231	18242	19984	34410
20. Potato	18913	18929	18943	18936	19531	19535
21. Sweet Potato	4712	4723	4734	4745	4940	4942
22. Tapioca	5408	5416	5424	5433	5441	5463
23. Soyabean (Green)	1857	1868	1873	1878	1888	1900
24. Ginger	9944	9953	9963	9972	10133	10764
25. Pineapple	12183	12192	12202	12212	12355	12606
26. Citrus fruits	12498	12525	12555	12582	12621	13938
27. Banana	7264	7273	7284	7295	7418	7774
28. Papaya	846	855	862	867	885	904

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2023

Area Under Principal Crops, 2003-04 to 2014-15:

(in Hectares)

Crops		2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
1. Rice	Autumn	31734	32667	32678	32679	32604	32570	32560	32596	32605	33000	33050	33102
	Winter	70475	69659	63602	61792	62170	62723	62825	62892	63434	63484	63589	63601
	Spring	7512	9224	9791	9854	11546	12752	12777	12797	12836	13267	13444	13620
Total Rice		109721	111550	106071	104325	106320	108045	108159	108285	108875	109751	110083	110323
2. Wheat		862	863	670	656	622	416	405	393	395	406	422	442
3. Maize		16900	16875	16898	17039	17048	17117	17209	17276	17303	18015	18025	18037
4. Other cereals & small millets		2661	2651	2670	2625	2627	2442	3262	2231	2290	2805	2854	2878
Total Cereals		130144	131939	126309	124645	126617	128020	129032	128185	128863	130977	131384	131680
5. Gram		508	519	523	536	544	530	561	554	561	1800	1805	-
6. Tur		812	804	804	803	804	794	781	779	788	1136	1141	-
7. Other pulses		2100	2103	2163	2167	2214	2215	2200	2247	2299	5000	5042	-
Total Pulses		3420	3426	3490	3506	3562	3539	3542	3580	3648	7936	7988	5091
8. Sesamum		1617	1628	1627	1635	1633	1623	1590	1584	1592	2200	2208	2220
9. Castor		25	32	33	33	28	29	29	25	30	60	63	67
10. Rape seed & mustard		7218	7202	7196	7261	7252	7197	7160	7152	7193	9750	9760	9775
11. Soyabean		984	967	1041	1052	1055	1055	1065	1078	1098	1589	1649	1712
12. Jute		4043	4019	4017	3967	3982	3951	3932	3881	3889	6380	6500	6610
13. Mesta		4502	4195	4436	4425	4395	4176	4154	4122	4125	4435	4475	4481
14. Cotton		7281	7231	7231	7208	7186	7106	6891	6816	6871	7250	7275	7305
15. Chillies		1807	1844	1861	1870	NA	NA	NA	1848	1893	2033	2193	2232
16. Turmeric		1561	1682	1817	1912	1958	1959	1955	1928	2000	2208	2465	2516
17. Arecanut		11189	11233	11507	12081	12335	12632	13621	14611	15448	16062	16678	16768
18. Sugarcane		83	80	80	87	92	92	76	68	74	95	105	111
19. Tobacco		723	729	721	709	696	664	635	631	641	775	780	786
20 Potato		18035	17287	17986	18173	17820	17690	17712	17685	17717	18139	18449	18473
21. Sweet Potato		4853	4974	4975	4947	4863	4895	4398	4133	4164	4438	4480	4526
22. Tapioca		3974	3975	3989	3996	4198	4187	4180	4180	4203	4983	5298	5349
23. Ginger		8882	9222	9625	9637	9255	9283	9321	9438	9461	9587	9752	9833

NA: Not Available

Source: Statistical Abstract Meghalaya, 2016

Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Production of Principal Crops, 2017-18 to 2022-23:

(In Tonnes)

Crops	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
1.Rice :
a)Autumn	78848	78214	78074	70182	66344	32770
b)Winter	162272	161706	162321	162583	189473	189535
c)Spring	63428	63050	63081	63084	68116	56964
Total Rice	304548	302970	303476	295849	232933	279269
2.Wheat	887	892	898	898	469	469
3.Maize	41624	41667	41760	41826	46873	44132
4.OtherCereals & small millets	2779	2743	2723	2723	2807	2828
Total Cereals	349838	348272	348857	341296	374084	326698
5. Gram Pulses	1981	1992	2004	2004	2004	2038
6.Tur (Ahaar)	1525	1532	1540	1548	1556	1584
7. Rabi Pulses	8411	8455	8490	8490	8563	8860
Total Pulses	11917	11979	12034	12042	12123	12482
Total Foodgrains	361755	360251	360891	353338	386207	339180
8. Sesamum	2208	2219	2222	2235	2248	2260
9. Castor	65	65	65	65	65	65
10. Rapeseed and Mustard	9226	9242	9242	9268	9302	9291
11.Linseed	55	56	57	57	57	57
Total oilseeds	11554	11582	11586	11625	11672	11673

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Crops	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
12.Jute **	68465	68539	68562	68562	68619	29418
13.Mesta **	26353	26401	26455	26470	26470	25664
14.Cotton*	8791	8840	8697	8654	4299	1812
15.Sugarcane	361	374	384	390	396	365
16.Chillies (Green)	2346	2356	2367	2377	2388	2486
17.Tobacco	792	796	798	806	806	755
18.Turmeric (Green)	16497	16557	18614	18796	18924	23082
19.Arecanut (Green)	23985	23999	24032	24059	28390	51650
20. Potato	187047	187206	187348	187302	196187	196229
21. Sweet Potato	15751	15796	15842	15888	16646	16654
22.Tapioca	35528	35594	35658	35727	35789	35979
23.Soyabean (Green)	3524	3550	3570	3591	3628	3665
24.Ginger	66195	66273	66379	66449	67287	70432
25.Pineapple	138463	138578	138701	138810	139829	142813
26.Citrus fruits	55210	55330	55468	55591	55797	62024
27.Banana	94603	94721	94870	95011	95852	100478
28.Papaya	6757	6829	6886	6926	7061	7172

* : In bales of 170 Kgs each

**: In bales of 180 Kgs each

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2023

Production of Principal Crops, 2004-05 to 2014-15:

(in Tonnes)

Crops		2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
1. Rice	Autumn	37766	43762	44736	37918	41908	41798	42492	43401	66000	71223	76332
	Winter	118514	124605	115533	114027	115354	115388	117116	125124	142867	150638	158920
	Spring	37439	39910	39940	48132	46600	46943	47413	54206	56786	58685	62687
Total Rice		193719	208277	200209	200077	203862	204129	207021	222731	265653	280546	297939
2. Wheat		1564	1198	1183	1120	739	718	704	710	742	789	844
3. Maize		24000	24424	25334	25138	25716	26167	26500	27029	38732	39655	40764
4. Other cereals & small millets		2241	2272	2219	2248	2051	1889	1695	1755	2430	2538	2649
Total Cereals		221524	236171	228945	228583	232368	232903	235920	252225	307557	323528	342196
5. Gram		324	326	332	336	330	351	344	352	1755	1823	-
6. Tur		633	633	630	634	627	612	611	921	1390	1425	-
7. Other pulses		1665	1713	1706	2132	2276	2266	2323	2426	7500	7733	-
Total Pulses		2622	2672	2668	3102	3233	3229	3278	3699	10645	10981	7970
8. Sesamum		860	868	876	877	891	853	852	867	1859	1998	2066
9. Castor		20	21	21	15	17	15	12	16	45	50	58
10. Rape seed & mustard		4743	4759	4815	4795	4906	4872	4859	4902	9116	9270	9347
11. Soyabean		935	1007	1031	1034	1163	1179	1186	1231	2912	3107	3332
12. Jute		20153	35499	35304	34877	34588	34792	34354	34563	63800	65542	67369
13. Mesta		19018	20212	20178	20037	19046	18391	18231	18433	25871	26228	26235
14. Cotton		7765	7768	7738	6531	5617	5491	5571	6389	8359	8602	9024
15. Chillies		1303	1267	1357	NA	1423	1394	1415	1474	1659	1860	1970
16. Turmeric		8752	10508	14349	9958	10046	9895	10058	10512	12831	15125	15671
17. Arecanut		14169	15530	16561	17064	17400	19396	20501	21751	23331	25114	25791
18. Sugarcane		218	219	239	252	250	206	180	199	280	315	337
19. Tobacco		479	475	468	464	436	427	420	434	717	730	758
20. Potato		141622	167030	181089	174593	161138	162445	164647	165670	172955	181813	182285
21. Sweet Potato		16172	16270	16409	16352	15909	14053	13241	13701	15063	15644	16101
22. Tapioca		20644	20841	20870	21938	21773	21152	21792	22046	29749	31947	32553
23. Ginger		47138	53609	57278	52960	50286	54009	56622	58132	60149	63259	65166

NA: Not Available

Source: Statistical Abstract Meghalaya, 2016

Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Average Yield of Principal Crops, 2001-02 to 2014-15:

(in Tonnes)

Crops		2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
1. Rice	Autumn	1287	1284	1304	1331	2000	2155	2306
	Winter	1839	1837	1862	1973	2250	2371	2499
	Spring	3654	3674	3705	4223	4280	4365	4603
Total Rice		1887	1887	1912	2046	2843	2964	3136
2. Wheat		1776	1773	1791	1797	1828	1870	-
3. Maize		1502	1521	1534	1561	2150	2200	2260
4. Other cereals & small millets		840	800	760	766	866	889	-
Total Cereals		1815	1805	1840	1957	2348	2463	-
5. Gram		623	626	621	627	975	1010	-
6. Tur		790	784	1593	1169	1224	1249	-
7. Other pulses		1028	1030	1034	1055	1500	1534	-
Total Pulses		914	912	916	1014	1341	1375	-
8. Sesamum		549	536	538	545	845	905	-
9. Castor		586	517	480	533	750	794	-
10. Rape seed & mustard		682	680	679	681	935	950	956
11. Soyabean		1102	1105	1100	1121	1833	1884	-
12. Jute		1576	1594	1593	1600	1800	1815	1835
13. Mesta		821	797	796	804	1050	1055	-
14. Cotton		134	135	139	158	196	201	-
15. Dry chillies		NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	-
16. Turmeric		5128	5061	5217	5256	5811	6136	-
17. Arecanut		1377	1424	1403	1408	1453	1506	-
18. Sugarcane		2717	2711	2647	2689	2947	2987	-
19. Tobacco		657	672	666	677	925	936	-
20. Potato		9109	9171	9310	9351	9535	9855	9160
21. Sweet Potato		3250	3195	3204	3290	3394	3492	-
22. Tapioca		5200	5060	5213	5245	5970	6030	-
23. Ginger		5417	5794	5999	6144	6274	6486	-

Contd.

Crops		2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
1. Rice	Autumn	1144	1193	1129	1156	1399	1369	1163
	Winter	1859	1862	1912	1701	1959	1870	1834
	Spring	3816	3871	4015	4059	4076	4053	4169
Total Rice		1754	1772	1829	1737	1964	1919	1882
2. Wheat		1748	1748	1786	1812	1788	1803	1801
3. Maize		1497	1529	1534	1422	1445	1487	1475
4. Other cereals & small millets		791	837	830	845	851	845	856
Total Cereals		1700	1720	1770	1679	1870	1837	1805
5. Gram		611	610	622	624	621	619	618
6. Tur		771	780	787	787	787	784	789
7. Other pulses		761	779	785	792	792	787	963
Total Pulses		742	755	761	765	765	761	871
8. Sesamum		521	527	525	528	533	536	537
9. Castor		520	522	560	625	536	636	536
10. Rape seed & mustard		688	648	643	659	661	663	661
11. Soyabean		957	960	979	967	967	980	980
12. Jute		1111	1583	1589	903	1591	1601	1577
13. Mesta		970	825	818	816	820	821	821
14. Cotton		183	182	182	182	183	182	155
15. Dry chillies		634	636	646	707	681	735	NA
16. Turmeric		5332	5601	5545	5363	5783	7506	5086
17. Arecanut		1267	1266	1273	1261	1350	1371	1383
18. Sugarcane		2723	2738	2747	2725	2738	2747	2739
19. Tobacco		659	654	653	657	659	660	667
20. Potato		8762	9290	8285	8192	9287	9965	9798
21. Sweet Potato		3364	3313	3020	3251	3270	3317	3363
22. Tapioca		5197	5293	5181	5193	5225	5223	5226
23. Ginger		5238	5253	5495	5111	5570	5943	5722

NA: Not Available

Source: Statistical Abstract Meghalaya, 2016

Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

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