Rabi sowing at a record 685 lakh hectares

Rabi sowing scaled new heights with farmers planting wintertime crops of over nearly 685 lakh hectares (lha), that is about 3 for each cent extra than 666 lha coated in the similar 7 days past calendar year, according to information unveiled by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday.

All-time highs

The region below significant rabi crops these types of as wheat, gram and mustard are at all-time highs this calendar year. While wheat is sown over 346 lha when compared with 336 lha planted in the similar 7 days past calendar year, gram region stood at 112 lha, which is 4.37 for each cent extra than that in the corresponding interval in 2019-twenty. Mustard acreage, on the other hand, expanded to seventy four lha, which is seven for each cent extra than 69 lha planted in the former rabi period.

The whole pulses region was extra than 167 lha when compared to nearly 163 lha in the 2019-twenty period. Wintertime rice cultivation during the 7 days too registered all-around 17 for each cent calendar year-on-calendar year to a small over 35 lha.

 

Coarse cereals acreage

The only established of crops that shrunk in region was coarse cereals. As from fifty six lha planted in the similar interval in the past rabi period, the region coated until this 7 days was near to 52 lha. All significant rabi coarse cereal crops these types of as barley, jowar and maize registered a dip in region. At all-around 27 lha, the region below jowar crop was 10 for each cent reduced than similar 7 days past calendar year.

H2o reservoir placement and the soil dampness in nearly all States are really excellent. So, the prospect for rabi crops is really excellent, the Ministry said in a statement.