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Tripura Agriculture and Irrigation Overview

The economy of Tripura is primarily agrarian, with agriculture contributing nearly 30% to the state's domestic product. Around 52% of workers are engaged in agriculture, with small and marginal farmers making up around 90% of farmers. The main crops grown are rice, pulses, oilseeds, maize, jowar, sugarcane, tobacco, cashew, coconut, and cash crops. The state has a focus on irrigation and food self-sufficiency, with plans to increase the amount of land under irrigation and encourage high-yielding varieties and plant nutrients. Tripura also has a large floriculture industry and is a major producer of coffee, raw silk, and sandalwood.

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Tripura Agriculture and Irrigation Overview

The economy of Tripura is primarily agrarian, with agriculture contributing nearly 30% to the state's domestic product. Around 52% of workers are engaged in agriculture, with small and marginal farmers making up around 90% of farmers. The main crops grown are rice, pulses, oilseeds, maize, jowar, sugarcane, tobacco, cashew, coconut, and cash crops. The state has a focus on irrigation and food self-sufficiency, with plans to increase the amount of land under irrigation and encourage high-yielding varieties and plant nutrients. Tripura also has a large floriculture industry and is a major producer of coffee, raw silk, and sandalwood.

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Tripura

Agriculture & Irrigation

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The economy of Tripura is primarily agrarian.


Agriculture is the state's dominant sector with a
contribution of nearly 30 per cent to the Net
State Domestic Product (NSDP). According to
2001 census, about 52 per cent of total main
workers are engaged in agriculture in Tripura, of
which cultivators form about 28 percent and
agricultural labourers form roughly 24 percent.
Small and marginal farmers constitute almost 90
percent of the total farming community in the state. The net sown area is only about
27 percent of the state's geographical area.
In Tripura , total cultivable area is about 2.55 lakh hectares of land , out of which,
total irrigable area is about 1,17,000 hectares or 45.88% which is under irrigation
(roughly about 79 thousand hectares through surface water + 38 thousand hectares
through ground water). An additional about 23,441 hectares of land are proposed to
be brought under assured irrigation by the year 2011. The state government is
currently implementing a ten year perspective plan (2000-2012) with emphasis on
nine specific points to achieve self-sufficiency in food production.
At the time of preparation of the Perspective Plan, emphasis was put on
HYV certified seed production in Govt through Registered Seed Growers,
Varietal replacement,
Enhancing consumption of plant nutrients,
Exploitation of full irrigation potential,
Availability of adequate farm power,
Institutional credit,
Training to the farmers,
Extension of support and
Involvement of Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs).
In the Perspective Plan, it was also suggested to follow the rice based cropping
system and thereby increase the cropping intensity.
For further information on Agriculture & Irrigation of Tripura.

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Main Agricultural and Horticulture Crops


Pineapples and jackfruits, Mandarin oranges, mango, cashewnut,
Tripura is an agrarian state known worldwide for its production of coffee, raw silk and
sandalwood. The state has a 75% share of the total floriculture industry of the country.

About 70% of the people of the state live in villages and 71% of the total population is
agriculture dependent. 59% of total coffee produced in the country comes from Tripura
whereas the state is also a major producer of ragi. The major crops grown in the state are:
rice, ragi, jowar, maize, and pulses besides oilseeds and number of cash crops. Cashew,
coconut, areca nut, cardamom, chilies, cotton, sugarcane and tobacco are among the
other crops produced in the state.
Tripura is land of high hills, hillocks, interspersed with rivers and valleys having
moderately warm and humid climate, well distributed annual rainfall of 2500 mm. The
terrain soil and climate of the state of Tripura are ideally suited for rain-fed horticulture.
fruits like pineapple, jackfruit, orange, litchi, cashew nut, coconut, lime, and lemon are
produced in abundance.
Cashew processing centre of NERAMAC (a Government of India undertaking) capable of
processing 500 Kg of raw - cashew per day.
Hectares
Geographical area of 10,49,169 ha

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