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AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
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NON-FOOD CROPS
Among the non-food crops of the district can be included fibres, edible oil-seeds and fodders. Sann-hemp (Bombay hemp) and ambadi (Deccan hemp) represent the fibres; coconut and sesamum, the edible oil-seeds; and grass and babuls, the fodders of the district. Grass and babuls account for an entire area under non-food crops, leaving six or seven per cent of the latter for the cultivation of fibres and oil-seeds. Of the crops other than fodders, sesamum and coconut appear to be the most prominent and the cultivation
of fibres does not seem to favour the district. The following table shows the
distribution of non-food crops in the district, in 1958-59:—
TABLE No. 17
AREA UNDER NON-FOOD CROPS IN KOLABA DISTRICT (1958-59), |
|
Acres |
Total acres | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) | |
Fibres— |
| | |
Jute |
88 |
| |
Sann-hemp (Bombay hemp) |
120 |
408 | |
Ambadi (Deccan hemp) |
200 |
| |
Edible oil-seeds— |
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| |
Coconut |
1,898 |
| |
Sesamum |
4,218 |
6,175 | |
Others |
59 |
| |
Fodder crops |
99,316 |
99,316 | |
Drugs and narcotics |
15 |
15 | |
Miscellaneous |
58 |
58 | |
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Total |
1,05,972 |
The following table gives taluka-wise
distribution of non-food crops in the district, in 1958-59:—
TABLE No. 18
AREA UNDER NON-FOOD CROPS IN KOLABA DISTRICT (1958-59).
|
Taluka or Peta |
Oil seeds |
Drugs and narcotics |
Fibres |
Fodder |
Miscellaneous non-food crops |
Total |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
Alibag |
1,369 |
-- |
74 |
18,509 |
58 |
20,010 |
Karjat |
153 |
-- |
64 |
-- |
-- |
217 |
Khalapur |
-- |
-- |
-- |
27,019 |
-- |
27,019 |
Mahad |
489 |
-- |
-- |
967 |
-- |
1,456 |
Mangaon |
1,334 |
-- |
18 |
-- |
-- |
1,352 |
Mhasla |
759 |
-- |
15 |
3,658 |
-- |
4,432 |
Murud |
211 |
1 |
94 |
5,413 |
-- |
5,719 |
Panvel |
9 |
-- |
1 |
15,087 |
-- |
15,097 |
Pen |
133 |
-- |
34 |
5,467 |
-- |
5,634 |
Poladpur |
420 |
-- |
16 |
-- |
-- |
436 |
Roha |
546 |
-- |
44 |
8,602 |
-- |
9,192 |
Shriwardhan |
604 |
14 |
21 |
6,460 |
-- |
7,099 |
Sudhagad |
143 |
-- |
27 |
5,064 |
-- |
5,234 |
Uran |
5 |
-- |
-- |
3,070 |
-- |
3,075 |
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Total |
6,175 |
15 |
408 |
99,316 |
58 |
1,05,972 |
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