Odisha Agriculture Statistics 2008-09

This dataset provides the agriculture statistics of Odisha (then Orissa), India, for the agricultural year 2008-09 (July 2008 to June 2009), taken from the state's annual publication Orissa Agriculture Statistics 2008-09 (Directorate of Agriculture & Food Production). Most tables cover every district with a state total; some give state-level time series and comparisons with other Indian states and All-India. The tables cover crop area, production and yield by district, season (kharif and rabi) and crop for all major crops, including rice (kharif and summer), wheat, maize, millets, pulses, oilseeds, fibres, potato, onion, vegetables, spices, sugarcane and tobacco, with crop-group totals, plus final state-level estimates and high-yielding and irrigated coverage; rainfall: the 2008 rainfall scenario against the state normal of 1451.2 mm, monthly normal rainfall and rainy days, monthly and weekly rainfall for 2008, and the June-September monsoon from 1992 to 2008, plus monthly temperature and humidity; land use, kharif, rabi and gross cropped area, cropping intensity, mixed cropping, other pulses area, fruit crops and floricultural crops; inputs and infrastructure: fertiliser consumption by district and season, seed distribution and replacement rates, pesticides, farm mechanisation, the share of electricity used for agriculture (1992-93 to 2008-09), irrigation potential and irrigated area by crop, captive irrigation under RIDF (Jalanidhi) since 2001-02, Jalanidhi lift irrigation by district and project, and district key indicators; agricultural credit plan achievements by district; crop insurance for 2008-09 and district-wise compensation paid (2006-07 to 2008-09); spending under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM); minimum support prices (2008-09 and 2009-10) and factory-wise sugar production (2004-05 to 2008-09); yields compared with other states, Odisha versus All-India productivity (1950-51 to 2008-09), and the rice series from 1990-91; agricultural GDP growth for All-India and Odisha (from 1999-2000); crop damage from floods and moisture stress in 2008-09, and villages with crop loss (2004 to 2008); and supporting data on population and agricultural workers (1951 to 2001), population, density and literacy (Census 2001), operational holdings (2000-01), workers (Census 2001), marketable surplus (2001-02 to 2008-09) and district rice surplus, crop diversification (2005 to 2008), and the state's administrative set-up by district. Area is in thousand hectares, production in thousand tonnes and yield in kg per hectare unless a column states otherwise. Units are given in the column names, and district names are spelt the same way in every table. The figures are aggregates and contain no personal information. The dataset is useful for policymakers, planners, researchers and analysts studying crop production, input use and agricultural development in Odisha.