CROPS, ACREAGE AND YIELD IN SOUTH ASIA

Rice Area Harvested (ha)

Country	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Afghanistan	220,000	202,000	210,000	191,000	141,000	175,000	170,000	130,000	160,000	208,000
Bangladesh	9,360,480	9,912,800	10,329,868	10,308,931	10,398,170	10,435,340	9,951,700	10,801,214	10,524,067	11,529,000
Bhutan	20,500	23,000	25,500	28,300	32,000	26,295	30,000	26,000	25,276	22,815
India	35,470,000	37,591,696	39,475,408	40,151,504	41,137,200	42,686,608	42,800,000	44,712,000	43,659,800	42,862,400
Nepal	1,111,000	1,182,470	1,255,795	1,275,520	1,391,040	1,455,170	1,496,790	1,560,044	1,541,729	1,481,289
Pakistan	1,393,348	1,503,423	1,709,724	1,933,100	1,863,200	2,112,700	2,161,800	2,376,600	2,621,400	2,365,300
Sri Lanka	431,823	718,681	597,229	823,734	864,677	828,246	889,589	832,000	915,260	1,060,360

Wheat Area Harvested (ha)

Country	1965		1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Afghanistan	2,347,000		2,176,000	2,350,000	2,032,000	1,695,000	1,570,000	1,837,209	2,029,000	2,342,000	2,354,000
Bangladesh	53,419		119,800	126,037	433,221	676,125	592,000	639,000	832,447	558,413	376,256
Bhutan	5,300		6,300	7,300	8,500	11,000	6,500	10,000	4,600	8,865	2,252
India	13,422,000		16,625,500	18,010,304	22,171,696	23,564,896	23,501,904	25,700,000	27,486,000	26,382,900	28,457,400
Nepal	100,000		225,575	290,823	366,860	451,890	604,240	634,000	660,040	675,807	731,131
Pakistan	5,318,000		6,229,000	5,812,310	6,923,700	7,258,500	7,844,500	8,169,800	8,463,000	8,358,000	9,131,600

Rice Yield (Hectagram/Ha)

Country	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Afghanistan	17273	18119	20714	21728	22482	19029	22941	20000	30313	32308
Bangladesh	16827	16862	18531	20197	21693	25661	26527	34836	37814	43422
Bhutan	20000	20000	20000	20000	19375	20976	16667	17038	26896	31400
India	12936	16849	18582	20002	23292	26125	26972	28508	31537	33587
Nepal	19865	19486	20742	19320	20161	24067	23910	27028	27825	27164
Pakistan	14174	21939	22964	24235	23499	23151	27522	30312	31742	30589
Sri Lanka	17696	22485	19325	25897	30777	30643	31586	34374	35465	40558

Wheat Yield (Hectagram/Ha)

Country	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Afghanistan	9723	9563	12128	12549	12277	10510	11430	7240	18215	19252
Bangladesh	6467	8740	9260	18990	21647	15034	19483	22104	17478	23959
Bhutan	10189	10159	10137	10000	10000	7692	13000	9457	12754	21637
India	9132	12086	13384	14356	18701	21211	25590	27785	26016	28395
Nepal	12600	11733	11375	11993	11811	14149	14416	17931	21344	21289
Pakistan	8631	11710	13202	15680	16123	18249	20811	24907	25858	25528

Cotton (Area Harvested, Yield)

Country	Unit	2005	2010
Afghanistan	Area(Ha)	2,000	3,100
Afghanistan	Yield (Hg/Ha)	190,000	298,065
Bangladesh	Area(Ha)	157,131	117,500
Bangladesh	Yield (Hg/Ha)	408,791	382,197
Bhutan	Area(Ha)	410	440
Bhutan	Yield (Hg/Ha)	312,195	310,909
India	Area(Ha)	3,661,500	4,174,600
India	Yield (Hg/Ha)	647,517	700,191
Nepal	Area(Ha)	59,082	61,000
Nepal	Yield (Hg/Ha)	402,170	425,000
Pakistan	Area(Ha)	966,400	942,800
Pakistan	Yield (Hg/Ha)	488,867	523,684
Sri Lanka	Area(Ha)	16,910	14,850
Sri Lanka	Yield (Hg/Ha)	586,369	616,061

Source : FAOSTAT