Other crops: Next in importance to paddy comes coconut Every ryot in S. Canara will have a few trees around his house and on the bunds of his paddy lands. This is a very important crop to a ryot and he cannot comfortably get on without it It forms an important part of his diet. There is a good supply of fish all along the district and the coconuts supply the fatty constituent of the food of the poorer and the middle classes of people who are not vegetarians. As the cattle of the district is very poor, much ghee cannot be had. So nature has supplied these people with a cheap form of fatty food. Sugarcane cultivation is slowly coming into prominence in the district. One finds large areas under arecanuts in the interior part of the district.This brief note on the agriculture of the district is written to remind the students that agricultural practices vary from district to district and certain practices are the outcome of natural surroundings.
Alwa K.T. (Mon,) studied this question.