Progress

During the last fifty years, the Agriculture Department has made tremendous progress in agriculture production . The production has increased manifold as is evidence from the information given below.

Food Grains Maize Rice Wheat Food grains production increased from 200 thousand tonnes in 1951-1952 to 1399.56 thousand tonnes (P) in the Year 2008-2009. Maize is the major crop of the state. The production of Maize, which was 67.3 thousand tones in 1951-1952 has gone up to 676.64 thousand tonnes in the year 2008-2009. The Production of rice has gone up from 28.3 thousand tonnes in 1951-1952 to 118.28 thousand tonnes in 2008-2009. TThe production of wheat has attained a level of 531.49 thousand tonnes in 2008-2009 against 61.2 thousand tonnes during 1951-1952.   Vegetable Ginger(dry) Potato Production increased from 25 thousand tonnes during 1951-1952 to 1090.33 thousand tonnes during 2008-2009. The production of Ginger in 1951-1952 was 1.24 thousand tonnes. The production of Ginger in 2008-2009 is 3.50 thousand tonnes (P). The production of potato was 1.60 thousand tonnes in 1951-1952, 182.00 thousand tonnes (P) in 2008-2009.

Progress in Respect of Other Programme During 2009-2010

S.No. Development Programme Unit Achievements 2009-2010 1 Distribution of Improved Seeds M.T. 12,717 2 (i) Distribution of Plant Protection Material (ii) Area Treated M.T. lac hect. 168.60 5.00 3 Distribution of Fertilizers (In Nutrients) : i) Nitrogen (N) ii) Phosphorous (P) iii) Potassium (K) TOTAL (N+P+K) M.T. M.T. M.T. M.T. 31,042 10,164 10.650 51,856 4 Improved Agricultural Implements Distributed including Plant Protection Equipments No's 1,08,530 5 Area covered under H.Y.V. Programme i) Wheat ii) Rice iii) Maize 000'hect. 000'hect. 000'hect. 328.00 70.00 275.00 6 No. of Biogas Plants Installed No's 200 7 Area to be Covered under Soil and Water Conservation Measures Hect. 3,675 8 Number of Soil Samples Analysed No's 1,26,630