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	Table  492 (Pro., Agr., general.)
	Cultivated Extent (Crops) (Season)  (1997 - 2004)
	pro492e							(ha)
Year          Crop	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Tea	190,473	188,971	195,460	188,971	188,971	210,621	210,621	210,621
Rubber	158,200	158,672	159,097	157,031	157,100	114,681	114,681	114,681
Coconut	443,952	443,952	443,952	443,952	443,952	394,836	394,836	394,836
Cinnamon	24,360	24,510	24,570	24,670	24,570	25,360	26,110	25,090
Coffee	16,460	16,260	16,300	15,600	15,120	14,820	13,740	13,270
Cocoa	5,840	5,760	5,640	5,430	5,030	4,850	4,240	4,230
Pepper	27,030	28,050	28,230	28,440	28,470	29,100	30,030	31,325
Cardamom	4,410	4,350	4,110	3,920	4,040	3,840	3,900	2,834
Paddy                 Total	729,810	848,264	892,053	877,994	798,260	852,529	982,617	778,542
Maha	472,998	573,845	546,586	549,246	478,986	510,403	601,584	520,662
Yala	256,812	274,419	345,467	328,748	319,274	342,126	381,033	257,880
Kurakkan            Total	5,560	6,040	6,490	6,550	5,640	5,480	7,360	5,115
Maha	4,730	5,090	5,570	5,670	4,990	4,830	6,240	4,225
Yala	830	950	920	880	650	650	1,120	890
Maize                 Total	25,790	29,790	28,900	28,640	25,710	23,410	27,060	23,425
Maha	23,820	27,530	26,820	26,340	23,730	20,330	23,450	20,275
Yala	1,970	2,260	2,080	2,300	1,980	3,080	3,610	3,150
Meneri                Total	200	220	160	190	100	90	200	130
Maha	120	120	90	80	60	70	150	100
Yala	80	100	70	110	40	20	50	30
Sorghum            Total	200	110	200	160	70	220	280	350
Maha	170	70	140	130	40	180	200	275
Yala	30	40	60	30	30	40	80	75
Green Gra          Total	16,640	17,510	15,370	12,970	11,070	11,250	12,010	8,610
Maha	11,680	13,490	11,710	9,720	8,440	8,500	9,600	6,440
Yala	4,960	4,020	3,660	3,250	2,630	2,750	2,410	2,170
Cowpea              Total	16,210	14,830	13,150	12,950	10,790	11,780	13,840	9,670
Maha	12,390	10,090	9,340	9,350	7,760	8,830	10,130	6,595
Yala	3,820	4,740	3,810	3,600	3,030	2,950	3,710	3,075
Dhal                   Total	40	30	10	…	…	…	…	…
Maha	20	30	10	…	…	…	…	…
Yala	20	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Gingerly             Total	11,750	10,350	8,630	7,760	6,840	6,580	8,810	6,985
Maha	3,170	3,390	3,770	4,010	3,610	3,650	4,320	2,965
Yala	8,580	6,960	4,860	3,750	3,230	2,930	4,490	4,020
Ground Nuts       Total	28,850	10,110	10,270	10,540	9,680	9,110	11,380	9,985
Maha	16,640	7,290	7,590	7,690	7,650	7,150	8,980	7,560
Yala	12,210	2,820	2,680	2,850	2,030	1,960	2,400	2,425
Manioc               Total	28,850	30,070	29,430	28,540	27,300	26,380	26,280	23,140
Maha	16,640	17,570	17,310	17,390	15,920	15,030	15,710	13,060
Yala	12,210	12,500	12,120	12,150	11,380	11,350	10,570	10,080
Sweet Potatoes  Total	8,960	8,650	8,380	8,260	7,850	7,700	7,570	6,420
Maha	5,050	4,660	4,720	4,540	4,130	4,150	4,200	3,270
Yala	3,910	3,990	3,660	3,720	3,720	3,550	3,370	3,150
Potatoes             Total	6,470	2,330	2,170	3,640	4,250	6,610	6,310	5,495
Maha	3,950	1,440	1,120	2,040	2,060	3,160	3,410	2,530
Yala	2,520	890	1,050	1,600	2,190	3,450	2,900	2,965
Chillies(Green)   Total	24,130	21,640	21,750	19,830	17,350	16,290	15,920
Maha	16,430	14,910	14,130	13,630	11,770	10,980	11,100	…
Yala	7,700	6,730	7,620	6,200	5,580	5,310	4,820	…
Mustard              Total	420	330	300	300	190	260	360	220
Maha	380	280	260	260	160	220	330	180
Yala	40	50	40	40	30	40	30	40
Red Onions        Total	6,450	5,660	6,150	6,100	5,120	4,960	4,900	4,390
Maha	3,410	2,720	2,900	3,070	2,430	2,300	2,560	2,040
Yala	3,040	2,940	3,250	3,030	2,690	2,660	2,340	2,350
Big Onions         Total	2,960	1,420	4,600	2,790	2,820	2,910	2,770	3,075
Maha	100	90	80	20	80	140	130	75
Yala	2,860	1,330	4,520	2,770	2,740	2,770	2,640	3,000
Ginger (Raw)      Total	1,490	1,550	1,570	1,490	1,200	1,290	1,250	1,235
Maha	1,490	1,550	1,570	1,490	1,200	1,290	1,250	1,235
Yala	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Turmeric (Raw)   Total	1,300	1,240	1,230	1,100	1,040	990	990	705
Maha	1,300	1,240	1,230	1,100	1,040	990	990	705
Yala	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source :
Tea and Rubber 1997 - 2001: Census of Agriculture - 2002
Tea and Rubber 2002, 2003, 2004 : Tea Commissioner's Division of Sri Lanka Tea Board and Rubber Development Department
Coconut : Survey on Agricultural Crops and Livestock 1992/93
Revised:  2008(y)/06(m)/21(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka