Kozhikode District - Infrastucture

Agriculture

Kozhikode district has a rich heritage in agriculture as it was a port city famous for pepper & species trade. Agriculture plays a major role in the district economy.

The crops like coconut, paddy, banana, tubers and other spices and tree crops are cultivated in 8 major soil series .

The district receives an average rain fall of 3000 mm during the months from March to December. The major share of the showers received during the months from June to August is 2000 mm.

Department of Agriculture has a number of institutions in the district aimed at the development of agriculture. A few are -Principal Agricultural Office-Located at Civil station, Kozhikode District level office to supervise and monitor the development activities in the district,. Krishibhavans, Farmers Training Institute, State Agmark Grading Laboratory , District Agricultural Farm,. State Seed Farm, Puthuppady, Coconut Nursery, Thikkotie, Urban Wholesale Vegetable Market etc.

Irrigation

Major projects under Irrigation Division are improvement and protection of Elathur-Kallai Canal, Beypore-Kallai Canal and Badagara-Mahe Canal. The improvement and protection works of Elathur-Kallai Canal is progressing and the proposal for the improvements of Beypore-kallai Canal, Badagara-Mahe Canal have been submitted to the Government as per the guidelines of IWAI, for approval. (Badagara-Mahe Canal has been handed over to the newly formed Inland Water Transport Division at Kannur). Now, Government is paying more importance for the development of Navigation through canal from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod for the economic transportation uses. All the above canals are part of West Coast Canal. In addition to boosting of transport facility, Elathur-Kallai canal controls floods in the Calicut city, as a drainage channel for storm water, effluents etc. The other major work undertaking through this division is Flood Control.

Animal Husbandry

Animal Husbandry Department is vested with animal health programs in the district by making available timely veterinary assistance. Animal Husbandry Office issituated at the heart of the city.