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	Table 006(Pro., Out.)
	Cultivated Extent of Crops (1993-2000)
	pro 006e						(Hectares)
Year    Crop	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Tea	192,817	188,966	188,970	187,563	190,473	188,971	195,460	188,971
Rubber	162,297	160,909	161,600	162,000	158,200	158,672	158,154	158,049
Coconut	443,952	443,952	443,952	443,952	443,952	443,952	443,952	443,952
Cinnamon	24,180	24,220	24,250	24,300	24,360	24,510	24,570	24,670
Coffee	16,080	16,460	16,660	16,540	16,460	16,260	16,300	15,600
Cocoa	5,550	5,720	5,730	5,810	5,840	5,760	5,640	5,430
Pepper	24,970	25,590	26,990	26,880	27,030	28,050	28,230	28,440
Cardamom	4,625	4,510	4,540	4,550	4,410	4,350	4,110	3,920
Paddy
Cultivation Year Total	834,261	929,621	915,021	748,745	729,810	848,264	892,053	877,994
Yala	545,689	581,064	566,650	498,930	472,998	573,845	546,586	549,246
Maha	288,572	348,557	348,371	249,815	256,812	274,419	345,467	328,748
Kurakkan
Cultivation Year Total	10,320	9,450	7,440	6,130	5,560	6,040	6,490	6,550
Yala	8,420	7,980	6,210	5,310	4,730	5,090	5,570	5,670
Maha	1,900	1,470	1,230	820	830	950	920	880
Maize
Cultivation Year Total	32,600	31,490	35,940	30,890	25,790	29,790	28,900	28,640
Yala	30,800	29,820	34,460	29,390	23,820	27,530	26,820	26,340
Maha	1,800	1,670	1,480	1,500	1,970	2,260	2,080	2,300
Meneri
Cultivation Year Total	580	500	340	310	200	220	160	190
Yala	390	200	150	180	120	120	90	80
Maha	190	300	190	130	80	100	70	110
Sorghum
Cultivation Year Total	130	140	240	210	200	110	200	160
Yala	80	90	210	180	170	70	140	130
Maha	50	50	30	30	30	40	60	30
Green Gram
Cultivation Year Total	25,110	22,450	18,100	18,260	16,640	17,510	15,370	12,970
Yala	17,880	16,040	12,410	12,930	11,680	13,490	11,710	9,720
Maha	7,230	6,410	5,690	5,330	4,960	4,020	3,660	3,250
Cow　Pea
Cultivation Year Total	22,210	20,980	18,100	18,880	16,210	14,830	13,150	12,950
Yala	16,790	15,600	13,220	13,180	12,390	10,090	9,340	9,350
Maha	5,420	5,380	4,880	5,700	3,820	4,740	3,810	3,600
Dhall
Cultivation Year Total	50	60	30	70	40	30	10	-
Yala	40	50	20	20	20	30	10	-
Maha	10	10	10	50	20	-	-	-
Gingelly
Cultivation Year Total	9,360	8,960	8,560	7,570	11,750	10,350	8,630	7,760
Yala	2,390	2,550	2,390	2,720	3,170	3,390	3,770	4,010
Maha	6,970	6,410	6,170	4,850	8,580	6,960	4,860	3,750
Ground Nuts
Cultivation Year Total	9,690	10,430	9,890	8,800	9,180	10,110	10,270	10,540
Yala	6,580	7,340	7,390	6,630	6,460	7,290	7,590	7,690
Maha	3,110	3,090	2,500	2,170	2,720	2,820	2,680	2,850
Manioc
Cultivation Year Total	34,240	33,440	32,850	30,920	28,850	30,070	29,430	29,540
Yala	19,910	19,400	18,990	18,040	16,640	17,570	17,310	17,390
Maha	14,330	14,040	13,860	12,880	12,210	12,500	12,120	12,150
Sweet Potatoes
Cultivation Year Total	8,210	9,050	9,150	9,040	8,960	8,650	8,380	8,260
Yala	4,140	5,020	5,110	4,970	5,050	4,660	4,720	4,540
Maha	4,070	4,030	4,040	4,070	3,910	3,990	3,660	3,720
Potatoes
Cultivation Year Total	6,980	7,210	7,430	7,930	6,470	2,330	2,170	3,640
Yala	3,530	3,620	3,840	4,430	3,950	1,440	1,120	2,040
Maha	3,450	3,590	3,590	3,500	2,520	890	1,050	1,600
Chillies (Green)
Cultivation Year Total	34,600	36,520	30,600	26,100	24,130	21,640	21,390	19,830
Yala	20,520	22,090	19,100	16,160	16,430	14,910	14,130	13,630
Maha	14,080	14,430	11,500	9,940	7,700	6,730	7,260	6,200
Mustard
Cultivation Year Total	1,080	1,130	800	870	420	330	300	300
Yala	1,030	1,100	760	840	380	280	260	260
Maha	50	30	40	30	40	50	40	40
Red Onions
Cultivation Year Total	6,770	6,960	6,990	6,580	6,450	5,660	6,150	6,100
Yala	3,220	3,630	3,550	3,550	3,410	2,720	2,900	3,070
Maha	3,550	3,330	3,440	3,030	3,040	2,940	3,250	3,030
Big Onions
Cultivation Year Total	2,570	3,760	3,690	2,660	2,960	1,420	4,600	2,790
Yala	70	210	110	120	100	90	80	20
Maha	2,500	3,550	3,580	2,540	2,860	1,330	4,520	2,770
Ginger (Raw)
Cultivation Year Total	760	1,460	1,600	1,620	1,490	1,550	1,570	1,490
Yala	760	1,460	1,600	1,620	1,490	1,550	1,570	1,490
Maha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Termeric (Raw)
Cultivation Year Total	730	1,170	1,310	1,370	1,300	1,240	1,230	1,100
Yala	730	1,170	1,310	1,370	1,300	1,240	1,230	1,100
Maha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Abstract 2001, Department of Censes & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2007(y)/03(m)/31(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka