Draft Annual Plan 1993-94 Volume-II Andaman and Nicobar Administration

Abstract

The total area flat land available for paddy cultivation is limited to 12000 heft and there is no scope for further increase of area. Thus available 12000 hects are utilised for cultivation of paddy, pulses, oilseeds, Vegetables etc. the paddy grown as rainfed crop scope for raising a second crop of paddy is very much limited due to non—availability of irrigation facilities. The pulses, Oilseeds, Vegetables etc, are being grown in paddy fallawes, while tuber crops and sugarcane as monocrops in limited scale.