7.    DOWNSTREAM DEVELOPMENT PROFILE  
7.1.  SUMMARY STATISTICS - TOTAL   DOWNSTREAM   MAHAWELI   SYSTEMS  
[Systems B(LB),C,G,H,L & UW]  
             
  Description Unit YEAR  
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006  
1 SETTLEMENT                                      
                                         
     Farmer families No. 75,484 79,857 82,180 85,986 86,173 85,853 86,387 86,453 84,449 86,453 87,439 87,762     85,761     85,771        88,584       90,405     91,073  
     Non-farmer families No. 17,183 20,670 21,270 24,455 24,939 27,599 29,420 29,355 30,150 29,355 31,442 31,659
    39,096
    39,096        46,565       46,713     48,090  
     Sub-families No. 3,518 4,273 4,571 4,815 5,319 5,282 5,014 5,064 5,064 5,064 5,064 4,989            
     Cashew farmers No.   309 437 383 366 366 366 522 522 522 522 465          562          562             562            584          584  
  TOTAL    No. 96,185 105,109 108,458 115,639 116,797 119,100 121,187 121,394 120,185 121,394 124,467 124,875   125,419   125,429      135,711     137,702   139,747  
2 POPULATION                                       
                                         
     Estimated population No. 451,549 475,106 499,350 538,241 561,491 572,160 596,442 607,774 611,119 666,346 636,107 664,077   680,275   713,950      739,258     748,539   767,824  
3 AGRICULTURE/LIVESTOCK                                      
     Paddy extent cultivated Ha. 112,852 119,189 102,118 122,084 136,318 137,824 120,204 120,620 126,372 139,917 141,344 131,847   139,409   144,944      137,040     150,598   152,701  
     Paddy production  Mt. 470,179 486,711 405,727 545,727 527,430 588,291 509,561 568,029 593,111 661,294 609,075 603,307   629,223   634,367      640,146     707,836   724,758  
     Paddy average yield  Mt./Ha.        3.44        4.56        4.41        4.58        4.33        4.27        4.24        4.87        5.00        4.73        4.45        4.98         5.00         4.95            5.18           5.22         5.26  
                                         
     Other field crops extent Ha. 24,380 25,396 15,350 23,628 30,165 30,302 28,210 26,513 23,662 21,637 24,355 25,964     21,449     28,936        31,612       34,861     40,313  
     Other field crops production Mt. 49,504 55,752 36,798 57,935 97,771 78,537 147,347 148,088 143,025 155,825 163,028 173,132   157,442   225,912      248,188     249,255   802,063  
  Value of agri production[paddy+OFC] Rs.Mn             7,359 8,682 9,326 10,348 9,256 11,127     10,610     11,855        15,190       15,559     17,472  
     OFC value as a % of total                                      
     Value of food production   41 38 26 37 31 28 35 28 28 33 33 32 23            36               31           33.1         37.8  
  Value of OFCs Rs.Mn             2,579 2,443 2,590 3,385 3,044 3,520       2,430    4,242.6       4,737.8      5,150.4    6,600.4  
c/    Real OFC income per settler Rs.             7,312 6,288 6,072 7,609 6,339 6,397       3,982       6,539          6,273      6,019.8    6,687.0  
     Settlers OFC real income as a %                                      
     -of  real settlers  income %             28 23 22 26 26 25            27            27               25              27            30  
  LIVESTOCK                                      
     Milk production Lt.'000 815 1,169 1,546 1,609 1,221 1,303 1,716 1,746 1,603 2,595 940 3,200       1,183
 
        58,689     15,783  
     Egg production   ' 000 Nos. 309 907 1,251 1,113 1,403 1,174 1,501 1,075 795 578 709 821       2,708 NA NA 2375 20432  
     Broilers ' 000 Birds 29 58 85 77 70 33 57 94 92 77 87 110            85          *163500              449  
     Mutten Kg                                     17,870    
     Pork Kg                                     27,450    
     Fish Tons                                       983.8    3,310.0  
  Value of livestock & fish production Rs.Mn.                                    1,345.7       808.3  
     Value of Agricultural Production Rs.Mn.      5,092      5,047      3,915      5,644      5,709      6,072      7,726      9,116      9,792    10,865      9,719    11,684     11,140     12,448        15,949       16,905     18,280  
                                         
     Capital investment in Mahaweli   Rs.Mn. 1,961 2,595 2,389 2,585 2,345 2,841 1,872 1,663 818 1,253 1,772 2,352       3,006       3,044          1,986      2,606.4    2,864.2  
     Investment-value of Agri. ratio   2.60 1.94        1.64        2.18        2.43        2.14        4.13        5.48      11.97        8.67        5.49        4.97         3.71         4.09            8.03           6.49         6.38  
4 INCOME (Per Annum)   b/                                      
                                         
     Gross per capita income Rs 10,699 12,328 9,584 12,584 12,201 12,736 15,682 18,131 19,076 20,537 18,191 20,946     19,496     20,720        25,718       27,096     28,928  
     Gross income per settler Rs 50,226 55,723 44,128 58,570 58,657 61,184 76,170 89,336 96,030 106,550 93,761 112,287   105,746   117,048      139,907     147,293   158,940  
     Real per capita income  -  c/ Rs. 6,929 7,111 4,964 5,833 5,215 5,055 5,389 5,666 5,450 5,605 4,676 4,716       4,007       4,012          4,621         4,361       4,096  
     Real settler Income -  c/ Rs. 32,508 32,148 22,855 27,147 25,070 24,286 26,078 27,916 27,436 29,077 24,099 25,281     21,733     22,839        25,139       23,706     22,503  
                                         
  Upward shiften value of  production/incomes due to an increase production of  paddy & Banana.   a/ Includes Upper Mahaweli & other cost.          *Production in Kg        
c/ Includes Agricultural(Paddy & OFC) & Non-farm Incomes only.   Figures from 1996 are revised accoding to the agricultural data base -PMU/MASL    
  The colombo Consumers' Price Index(CCPI), which is the Official Price Index used for monitoring        
  inflation rates is bend on RVC - based year 1987.