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Trends in rice area, production and productivity in the different agro climatic zones of Tamil Nadu

Volume : 87
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 287 - 290
Published: June 24, 2023
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Abstract


Rice grain production in Tamil Nadu had ranged from 3.33 million tonnes to 7.56 million tonnes during 1959-60 to 1996-97. The overall trend on rice production and productivity increased but the area under rice showed a decreasing trend. Rice area in the state was declining at an average rate of 22,900 ha-1 yr and the total rice grain production increased at an average of 84,600 1 yr. The North Eastern Zone, Cauvery Delta Zone and Southern Zone contributed to 87% of total rice production in the state with a standard deviation of 1.64%. The Western Zone, North Western Zone and High Rainfall Zone contributed to 12.8% Rice productivity (kg grain ha-1) in Tamil Nadu had shown an increasing trend at an average of 82 kg ha-1 yr. The overall mean of rice productivity was highest in the Western Zone (4.2 ha).

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287 - 290
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Rice Agro-climatic zones Field trend
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