Characteristics of Ludhiana Site

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Characteristics of Ludhiana Site
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Agriculture in Ludhiana District

• Per capita income (2001-02)Rs 29373 (3rd)
  against Rs 25248 in Punjab
• Share in Net Sown Area 7.3
• Share in Rice Production 10.84
• Share in Wheat Production 8.42
• Tops in the productivity of wheat 4747 kg/ha
  (4207 kg/ha in Punjab)
• 2nd highest in the productivity of rice 4342
  kg/ha (3694 kg/ha in Punjab)
• Tops in the use of chemical fertilizers 458
  kg/ha of NSA (367 kg/ha in Punjab)

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Changes in Cropping Pattern in Ludhiana
  Rice   Rice   Wheat   Wheat   Maize   Maize  
  Area of GCA Area of GCA Area of GCA
1970-71 5 1.02 238 48.37 84 17.07
1980-81 94 16.26 265 45.85 65 11.25
1990-91 225 37.44 267 44.43 8 1.33
2001-02 235 38.84 257 42.48 5 0.83
Area in thousand ha
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Changes in Cropping Pattern in Ludhiana
  Gram   Gram   Moong   Moong   Groundnut   Groundnut  
  Area of GCA Area of GCA Area of GCA
1970-71 5 1.02 0.33 0.067 62 12.60
1980-81 2 0.35 4.1 0.709 28.5 4.93
1990-91 0.1 0.02 7 1.165 1.5 0.25
2001-02 0.1 0.02 4 0.661 0 0.00
  Rapeseed Mustard   Rapeseed Mustard   Sugarcane   Sugarcane   American cotton   American cotton  
  Area of GCA Area of GCA Area of GCA
1970-71 2 0.41 9 1.83 7 1.42
1980-81 1.6 0.28 5 0.87 7.1 1.23
1990-91 1.3 0.22 7.5 1.25 2.3 0.38
2001-02 2 0.33 8 1.32 0 0.00
Area in thousand ha
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Changes in Production and Productivity of rice
and wheat in Ludhiana
  Rice   Wheat  
  Production Yield Production Yield
1970-71 9 1765 780 3279
1980-81 356 3790 838 3163
1990-91 826 3673 1148 4268
2001-02 916 3897 1304 4532
Production in thousand metric tonnes and
productivity in kg per ha
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CGRs of Production of Different Crops
Crop 70-71 to 82-83 80-81 to 91-92 91-92 to 03-04
Rice 16.700 4.884 2.784
Maize -3.762 -6.228 1.423
Wheat 5.111 3.349 1.767
Barley 4.914 1.700 -3.819
Gram -9.193 -10.029 -10.665
Mash -5.587 -12.174 -9.011
Moong 15.489 2.958 -17.784
Lentil 2.166 2.173 -4.705
Groundnut -7.364 -18.408 -9.916
Rapeseed Mustard -3.194 -0.425 -3.673
Sugarcane 0.674 1.971 2.301
A. Cotton 5.638 12.416 -3.572
D. Cotton -8.157 2.326 4.738
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CGRs of Yield of Different Crops
Crop 70-71 to 82-83 80-81 to 91-92 91-92 to 03-04
Rice 4.361 0.528 0.625
Maize 1.242 -0.253 2.372
Wheat 2.547 2.651 1.281
Barley 5.141 7.757 1.754
Gram -4.301 3.243 1.812
Groundnut -0.626 1.866 -1.470
Rapeseed Mustard 0.624 1.852 0.622
Sugarcane 2.914 -0.339 0.137
A. Cotton -2.223 8.913 -2.706
D. Cotton -5.090 2.640 1.006
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Irrigation, Mechanization and Area under HYVs in
Ludhiana
    1980-81 1990-91 2001-02
  Net area sown 328 325 305
 Irrigated area to net area sown 90.6 99.53 100
  Total Cropped area 570 601 605
  cropping intensity 173.78 184.92 198.36
Area under HYV Wheat 265 269 257
  Rice 91 220 230
age to total area Wheat 100 100 100
  Rice 96.8 97.77 97.87
Tractors Number 14146 31176 45042
  GCA (ha) per tractor 40.29 19.28 13.43
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Fertilizer consumption (total and per ha)
  Fertilizer Consumption   (000, nutrients) (000, nutrients) (NPK)/ha of GCA
  N P K Total  
1980-81 54 29 4 87 151.0
1990-91 101 40 3 144 240.0
2001-02 95 32 3 130 215.0
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Production and procurement of wheat and rice
  Rice Rice Wheat Wheat
  Production Procurement Production Procurement
1980-81 356 358 (101) 838 571 (68)
1985-86 694 601 (87) 1085 713 (66)
1990-91 826 683 (83) 1148 701 (61)
2001-02 916 874 (95) 1304 886 (68)
Figures in parentheses are of total production
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Source wise irrigation status in Ludhiana
Year Surface Irrigation Ground Water
1979-80 25.3 (8.4) 275.3 (91.6)
2003-04 9 (3) 297 (97)
Figures are of net area irrigated in thousand ha
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Changes in Groundwater table depth in Ludhiana
district
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Fall in Groundwater table in Ludhiana District
Period Fall in water table (m)
1973-83 0.9
1984-94 1.9
1995-2001 1.7
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Declining Diversification in Crop Production
Pattern in Ludhiana District (Simpson Index)
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