Tamil nadu, kerala and karnataka

Statewise Area, Production and Productivity of Turmeric in India (2010-11)



State
Area
in Ha
Production
in Tonnes
Andhra Pradesh Composite)
69159 466928
Karnataka
18035 90448 Maharashtra
13876 66791
Orissa
26830 202920
Tamilnadu
51446 368413 West Bengal
15779 38300 Gujarat
1936 28468
Mizoram
4500 22500
Meghalaya
1928 10058
Tripura
1295 9522
Kerala
2391 9980 All India
232543 1365447 Source Spices Board INDIA
Production and Productivity of Turmeric in Tamil Nadu
The low growth in the state was due to the fact that turmeric growing area has been confined in and around Erode and Salem districts. Because of the lack of marketing facilities throughout the state crop was not grown allover the state. The product being bulky, it was not possible to transport for distant places by the farmers, even if it was grown in other areas other than those two districts. The farmer has to afford heavy cost for the production of turmeric which was Rs per acre (Nagarajan, 2000). This maybe also one of the reasons for meager growth in area. The other possible reason for the non-significant growth rate in the productivity in the state maybe due to the dreadful pests and diseases (particularly turmeric scale insect and rhizome rot disease. Nagarajan (2000) had also reported similar reason for lower productivity of turmeric in Tamil Nadu.

The growth in production over certain periods like 1980-1999 was mainly due to the growth in yield and meagerly due to growth in area. Another problem, which might have lead to the lower growth rate in production was the highland tax (nearly Rs- per acre for turmeric, which was charged on the basis of crop grown. Even though there is a good scope for bringing more area under cultivation, the farmers are generally averse to extensive cultivation since turmeric is an unpredictable spice in bringing profit to farmers. The cost of cultivation has been increasing steadily over the years, but there has not been a corresponding increase in the selling price. The yield per acre obtained by farmers (10 quintals per acre) was also far from satisfactory. Farmers were able to get a price of Rs to 2,200 per quintal. The cost of cultivation of turmeric crop comes to nearly Rs per acre (Nagarajan, 2000). In order to get a reasonable profit, the farmers have to obtain a price of Rs per quintal. Further turmeric, unlike other crops, had a number of problems calling for careful and scientific cultivation together with a high degree of management. These maybe some of the most important reasons for lower growth rate in area, production and productivity of turmeric in Tamil Nadu.

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