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	Table  431 (Pro., Agr., Subsid.)
	Extent Cultivated of the Minor Food Crops (1988-2008)
	pro 431e										( t / ha)
Year	Big Onions	Black Gram	Chilies	Cow Pea	Gingelly (Sesame)	Green Gram	Ground Nuts	Kurakkan (Finger Millet)	Maize	Potatoes	Red Onions	Soybean	Manioc	Meneri
1988	623	18,218	32,690	24,880	17,547	33,465	12,535	11,081	50,429	6,600	11,035	8,341	n.a.	n.a.
1989	988	10,873	26,952	19,883	15,618	25,141	10,345	5,070	37,150	6,839	10,223	4,662	n.a.	n.a.
1990	1,776	17,832	38,095	28,141	17,731	38,107	11,653	7,248	47,885	7,699	8,485	5,868	n.a.	n.a.
1991	2,400	10,232	34,176	27,602	16,322	42,683	10,139	7,298	40,159	3,499	6,269	2,852	n.a.	n.a.
1992	2,460	8,760	31,400	25,860	10,750	32,130	9,580	7,530	41,950	5,310	8,150	2,020	n.a.	n.a.
1993	3,514	15,700	42,753	22,341	11,818	33,185	10,615	6,440	49,863	7,733	8,752	1,479	n.a.	n.a.
1994	7,806	17,340	36,453	21,348	5,320	28,897	14,046	7,171	54,541	8,480	7,537	2,456	n.a.	n.a.
1995	3,687	11,453	30,597	18,105	8,560	18,097	9,896	7,439	35,938	7,428	6,993	2,359	n.a.	n.a.
1996	2,662	9,065	26,098	18,884	7,567	18,261	8,793	6,129	30,895	7,925	6,584	849	n.a.	n.a.
1997	2,956	8,785	24,146	16,216	11,754	16,641	9,178	5,564	25,805	6,469	6,453	497	n.a.	n.a.
1998	1,413	10,171	21,632	14,827	10,355	17,509	10,106	6,042	29,790	2,328	5,661	641	n.a.	n.a.
1999	4,597	8,658	21,760	13,091	8,632	15,336	10,246	6,431	28,884	2,171	6,140	822	n.a.	n.a.
2000	2,796	6,703	19,834	12,946	7,765	12,968	10,533	6,543	28,648	3,642	6,096	693	n.a.	n.a.
2001	2,804	6,361	17,410	10,976	6,911	11,208	9,983	5,655	25,888	4,272	5,225	641	n.a.	n.a.
2002	2,727	6,481	16,363	10,279	6,530	10,526	9,143	5,457	24,270	6,604	4,977	1,265	n.a.	n.a.
2003	2,770	7,180	15,918	13,836	8,804	12,016	11,383	7,358	27,060	6,314	4,897	2,547	26,278	194
2004	3,075	4,740	13,748	9,665	6,983	8,607	9,980	5,113	23,421	5,495	4,391	1,294	23,138	131
2005	4,552	6,210	17,308	11,360	9,649	9,643	10,918	6,207	28,401	5,601	5,790	3,080	23,457	78
2006	6,814	6,804	14,890	10,650	9,337	8,700	11,662	5,910	32,002	5,294	6,228	3,062	23,563	60
2007	6,988	6,813	14,083	10,634	9,260	8,766	11,418	5,407	34,181	5,336	5,610	2,856	22,561	65
2008	4,091	8,321	15,056	12,186	9,522	9,363	10,274	6,384	51,917	4,869	4,994	1,253	24,261	52
© ２０１０ KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)								Revised:  2010(y)/02(m)/28(d)
Source:								Chief Editor:
1988-2002 : Compiled from Annual Report (various volumes), Central Bank of Sri Lanka.								Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
2003-2008 : Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2009								The former Head, Department of Management Studies
								University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka