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Table  435A (Pro., Agr., Subsid.)
Minor Food Crops :(Yield), (Price)(Costs)  (2007)
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Crop   Irrigation  Type District/ Season Yield Farm gate Price  Unit Cost                         (Rs/kg) Net Return                      (Rs/ha)
   (a) Area     (kg/ha)  (Rs/kg) (b) ( c) (b) ( c)
Big Onion IRR Matale Yala 2007 17,164 33.24 14.72 3.38 317,914 409,479
Bitter Gourd IRR Hambantota Yala 2007 16,767 37.14 18.28 10.55 316,251 445,792
Black gram IRR Mahaweli 'H' Zone Yala 2007 1,119 78.03 47.09 26.01 34,630 58,227
Brinjal (Eggplant) IRR Anuradapura Yala 2007 21,812 29.40 11.20 7.48 397,069 478,217
Cabbage IRR Nuwara Eliya Maha 2006/07 23,699 20.18 11.14 8.23 191,184 260,130
Cabbage IRR Nuwara Eliya Yala 2007 23,465 16.41 10.86 9.24 130,128 168,252
Capsicum IRR Badulla Maha 2006/07 11,120 45.35 22.49 12.46 254,229 365,676
Capsicum IRR Kurunegala Yala 2007 8,784 56.31 25.43 18.94 271,294 328,271
Carrot IRR Nuwara Eliya Yala 2007 14,347 40.15 19.10 16.38 302,056 340,955
Chilli RF Anuradapura Maha 2006/07 1,394 100.70 78.41 26.25 31,065 117,690
Chilli IRR Mahaweli 'H' Zone Yala 2007 2,256 154.57 94.01 41.88 136,626 254,240
Cowpea RF Monaragala Maha 2006/07 1,164 63.67 45.29 19.37 21,393 51,560
Cowpea RF Kurunegala Yala 2007 771 78.98 63.94 10.15 11,596 53,061
Gingelly RF Anuradapura Yala 2007 682 70.23 53.05 16.01 5,502 30,765
Gotukola IRR Gampha Yala 2007 271,995 3.84 2.60 1.50 336,849 635,473
Green Gram RF Monaragala Maha 2006/07 941 82.12 48.21 22.38 31,927 56,244
Green Gram RF Hambantota Maha 2006/07 833 80.00 57.00 26.71 19,154 44,380
Ground Nut RF Monaragala Maha 2006/07 1,720 54.91 36.93 17.87 30,927 63,695
Kurakkan RF Anuradapura Maha 2006/07 1,201 40.80 30.30 3.03 12,609 45,360
Maize RF Anuradapura Maha 2006/07 4,122 20.86 14.41 6.75 26,597 58,143
Maize IRR Anuradapura Yala 2007 4,786 26.80 15.74 6.43 52,922 97,504
Maize RF Monaragala Maha 2006/07 3,096 20.80 17.30 7.82 10,921 40,287
Maize IRR Badulla Yala 2007      4,322* 27.99 15.82 7.51 52,614 88,526
Manioc RF Gampaha Yala 2007 14,574 13.54 6.16 5.03 91,227 107,639
Pole Bean  IRR Badulla Maha 2006/07 8,117 35.97 25.81 14.01 82,481 178,237
Pole Bean  IRR Badulla Yala 2007 8,172 45.86 27.73 16.67 148,116 238,541
Pole Bean  RF Matale Maha 2006/07 5,533 44.80 25.72 15.29 105,566 163,267
Potato IRR Nuwara Eliya Maha 2006/07 15,506 53.39 34.48 27.66 293,187 399,009
Potato IRR Nuwara Eliya Yala 2007 15,029 55.43 42.23 39.69 198,395 236,584
Potato IRR Badulla Maha 2006/07 12,071 47.24 34.33 26.42 155,866 251,348
Potato IRR Badulla Yala 2007 9,951 50.08 48.02 31.90 30,483 180,902
Red Onion IRR Puttalam Maha 2006/07 7,816 46.90 30.37 26.53 129,183 159,233
Red Onion IRR Puttalam Yala 2007 8,540 64.09 30.28 26.53 293,594 320,779
Soya Bean IRR Anuradapura Yala 2007 2,439 37.31 29.58 15.70 15,393 49,234
Sweet potato RF Rattnapura Yala 2007 12,427 14.00 8.74 4.09 68,770 123,138
Tomato IRR Badulla Maha 2006/07 13,269 16.70 17.67 8.93 -12,923 103,072
Tomato IRR Badulla Yala 2007 18,115 39.19 15.16 7.29 435,381 577,781
Tomato IRR Matale Yala 2007 11,866 32.28 11.40 5.09 247,798 323,091
© 2010 KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2010(y)/02(m)/28(d)
Sources;  Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2009  Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key;      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
* Low yield due to pest problem.      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(a) RF = Rain fed      IRR = Irrigated
(b) Including imputed cost of farmer owned labour.
(c) Excluding imputed cost of farmer owned labour.