GINGER

Area, production and productivity

The world production of ginger during the year 2005was estimated at 1,004,546 tones from an area of 339,826 ha which is mainly distributed over India, China, Nigeria, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Philippines and Jamaica. The major ginger importing countries are the United Kingdom, United States and Saudi Arabia. Nigeria ranks first with respect to area under ginger covering about 56.23 percent of world total area followed by India ,China , Indonesia and Bangladesh .

Area, yield and production of Ginger in 2005

Country	Area	Yield	Production
China	23,400	117,521	275,000
India	70,000	32,857	230,000
Nigeria	185,000	5,946	110,000
Bangladesh	8,094	59,303	48,000
Indonesia	17,000	88,824	151,000
Thailand	14,000	24,286	34,000
Philippines	3,610	62,812	22,675

Source :FAO Stat

Area of Ginger in Kerala decreased from 10706 ha in 2001-02 to 8863 ha in 2004-05. Production and Productivity in Kerala also shows a decreasing trend.

Area, Production and productivity of Ginger in Kerala

Year	Area, ha	Production, MT	Productivity, kg/ha
2001-02	10706	40181	3753
2002-03	10365	39886	3848
2003-04	8516	32972	3449
2004-05	8863	30567	3449

Source: Economic Review 2004, 2005

District wise area of ginger in Kerala (ha)

District	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Thiruvananthapuram	77	103	121	106
Kollam	480	534	732	612
Pathanamthitta	442	490	482	619
Alappuzha	125	161	180	125
Kottayam	163	245	256	211
Idukki	1711	1912	1694	1374
Eranakulam	469	446	462	421
Thrissur	112	87	123	136
Palakkad	1191	1460	1452	1133
Malappuram	200	184	212	181
Kozhikode	287	367	297	217
Wayanad	5520	5244	4192	3450
Kannur	358	240	345	266
Kasaragod	129	139	158	147
State	11264	11612	10706	8998

Source: Statistics for Planning, 2005

District wise production of ginger in Kerala (MT)

District	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Thiruvananthapuram	254	312	441	282
Kollam	1213	1303	1762	1648
Pathanamthitta	1295	1480	1351	1536
Alappuzha	333	353	308	220
Kottayam	458	574	746	619
Idukki	7369	7723	6026	4791
Eranakulam	1592	1343	1399	1162
Thrissur	284	133	353	285
Palakkad	3433	5699	6478	4196
Malappuram	509	394	426	424
Kozhikode	749	1098	1028	598
Wayanad	21965	20984	18084	15164
Kannur	1395	859	1188	942
Kasaragod	495	444	591	545
State	41344	42699	40181	32412

Source: Statistics for Planning, 2005

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