state in area and production of paddy during the year 1998-99 are found to be 0.79 percent and 0.85 percent respectively. A comparison in the performance of
Kerala and India in the area, production and productivity of rice during the period 1960-61 to
1998-99 is shown in table 1.1.
Table 1.1 Note: Percentage share of Kerala in area and production
are given in parentheses Source: CSO (1987),
Basic Statistics Relating to Indian Economy – 1986 SPB (various issues
Economic Review In terms of the per hectare productivity of rice the state’s position had been comparatively better. During the year 1960-61 the average productivity
of rice in the state, which stood at 1371 kilograms per hectare, was 23 percent higher than that of the national level productivity. Thereafter the relative advantage of the state in this respect has been gradually narrowing down. The difference in rice productivity declined to 18.79 percent during the year 1980-81 and further decreased to 6.79 percent by the year 1998-99. Further it is pointed out that even though the rice productivity in the state at the current level is still higher
than the national average, it lags behind the levels achieved by the major rice
producing states of Punjab,
Tamilnadu and West Bengal Area under the crop and its per hectare productivity can be regarded as the two pure components of rice production. On the basis
of the overall performance of 3
GOK (2001):
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