Crop Forecast Vo -01
Yala 2015
15th May 2015
Paddy Yala 2015 paddy cultivation target is
50
505,097ha; highest ever reported. Sown extent reported up to end April
2015 is 154,511ha; 31% of the target. It is 70% and 10% higher than the sown extent reported of the respective month of year 2013 and 2014.
Extent (000' ha)
45 40 35 30 25
20
Paddy cultivation commenced and al-
15
ready completed 71%, 51% and 41% from their targets in Eastern, Northern and North Western provinces respectively.
10
Kilinochchi, Batticaloa and Ampara al-
ready closer to achieve their targets, followed by Mullative and Monaragala.
5 0 Kurunagala Anuradhapura Ampara
April 2013
Batticaloa Trincomalee Monaragala Hambantota System H
April 2014
April 2015
Figure 1: Paddy: Sown extents of end April in year 2013, 2014 and 2015 in major producing districts
Table 1: Paddy: Cultivation target and sown extent up to end April 2015: Yala 2015
District Colombo Gampaha Kalutara Galle Matara Ratnapura Kegalle Kurunagala Puttalam Kandy Matale N eliya Badulla Monaragala Jaffna Kilinochchi
Sri Lanka
Area Tar- Achievement Progress geted (ha) (ha) % 2,970 7,172 11,195 12,800 16,600 10,389 8,254 70,480 16,285 11,285 16,240 3,660 5,521 4,929 0 6,535
215 1,074 224 52 5,595 1,731 1,981 30,235 4,969 48 229 1 729 2,438 0 6,195
7 15 2 0 34 17 24 43 31 0 1 0 13 49 0 95
District Vavniya Mullative Mannar Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa Trincomalee Batticaloa Ampara Hambantota Udawalawa System H System H1 System B System C System G System L
Area Targeted (ha)
Achievement Progress (ha) %
7,454 6,410 2,762 46,883 32,166 24,130 25,598 55,534 28,458 10,807 12,216 6,200 18,000 19,000 4,800 365
1,246 4,145 340 14,747 0 3,602 24,157 47,159 3,399 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 65 12 31 0 15 94 85 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
505,097
154,511
31