On Wool & Banana Production in India
Here is some discussion regarding banana & wool Production
Banana Production
India produces maximum Banana in the world with 21.77 million tonnes in 2007. Next in this list comes China which produces apprximately 8 million tonnes. In India the highest producer state of Banana is Tamilnadu. Maharastra ranks One in terms of productivity per hectare. Tamilandu produces 19% of overall banana. Maharashtra has highest productivity of 58.60 metric tonnes against India’s average of 32.50 metric tonnes per ha (agricoop.nic.in)
Wool production in India:
Rajasthan leads in wool production in India. The following table shows statewise Wool production in India.
| State | 2003-4 | 2004-5 | 2006-7 | 2007-8 | 2008-9 | |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
3638 |
3678 |
3978 |
4230 |
4407 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
60 |
16 |
14 |
14 |
12 |
|
3 |
Bihar |
365 |
378 |
220 |
231 |
241 |
|
4 |
Chhatisgarh |
252 |
255 |
244 |
245 |
245 |
|
5 |
Gujarat |
2780 |
2950 |
3123 |
2962 |
2996 |
|
6 |
Haryana |
2518 |
1304 |
1136 |
1121 |
1121 |
|
7 |
Himachal Pradesh |
1598 |
1600 |
1603 |
1605 |
1607 |
|
8 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
6200 |
7120 |
7400 |
7400 |
7100 |
|
9 |
Jharkhand |
314 |
148 |
150 |
146 |
147 |
|
10 |
Karnataka |
5355 |
5484 |
5598 |
5599 |
5631 |
|
11 |
Madhya Pradesh | 660 |
681 |
431 |
428 |
401 |
|
12 |
Maharashtra |
1675 |
1620 |
1640 |
1667 |
1677 |
|
13 |
Punjab |
554 |
566 |
712 |
513 |
435 |
|
14 |
Rajasthan |
18900 |
15049 |
15405 |
15685 |
15451 |
|
15 |
Sikkim |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
16 |
Tamil Nadu |
750 |
750 |
750 |
750 |
25 |
|
17 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1929 |
1965 |
1459 |
1461 |
1481 |
|
18 |
Uttarakhand |
342 |
349 |
353 |
355 |
360 |
|
19 |
West Bengal |
651 |
659 |
666 |
673 |
680 |
|
|
TOTAL |
48548 |
44575 |
44884 |
45085 |
44021 |
Two answers in yesterday’s Geography Quiz have been published with incorrect answers. The questions have been modified.