Table 410 (Pro., Agr., Rice)

Paddy: Extent Sown (Variety of Seed) (1992-2004)

pro 410e

(ha)

Year

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Maha

New Improved

n.a.

449,516

472,153

501,398

452,096

418,447

528,078

511,373

522,652

444,719

479,531

578,884

512,993

Old Improved

n.a.

7,160

18,541

14,249

6,156

5,029

3,580

12,651

11,138

6,078

7,589

6,304

3,697

Traditional

n.a.

41,801

47,700

17,543

6,586

7,273

2,430

5,686

1,786

5,061

897

3,982

3,972

Total

n.a.

498,477

538,394

533,190

464,838

430,749

534,088

529,710

535,576

455,858

488,017

589,170

520,662

Yala

New Improved

226,735

251,383

309,315

322,233

237,953

243,661

256,075

339,408

322,202

313,862

328,370

375,570

256,240

Old Improved

2,019

3,122

4,276

3,237

2,327

2,436

2,039

3,421

2,513

1,333

2,216

3,543

961

Traditional

20,573

22,883

19,783

4,836

3,066

1,409

888

279

1,566

441

1,871

1,369

458

Total

249,327

277,388

333,374

330,306

243,346

247,506

259,002

343,108

326,281

315,636

332,457

380,482

257880*

Source:

Department of Censes and Statistics, Sri Lanka.

Key:

＊= Including 221 ha in Mannar district cultivated under tube well irrigation

Other than

1995/96 Maha - Jaffna, Mannar, Mullativu And Tricomalee Districts

1996 Yala - Mannar Mullativu Districts

1996/97 Maha - Jaffna, Killinochchi, Mannar, Mullativu And Trincomalee Districts

1997 Yala - Killinochchi, Vavuniya, Mullativu And Tricomalee Districts

From 1998 to 2002 - Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullativu And Killinochchi Districts

Chief Editor:

Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka