Rice, cane raise acreage of kharif sowing previous 2022 degree
New Delhi: Kharif sowing has exceeded the degrees of final 12 months led by a surge in paddy and sugarcane, whereas pulses, oilseeds and cotton fell, at a time the erratic south-west monsoon has solid a shadow over this 12 months’s sowing and harvest.
In accordance with knowledge launched by the agriculture ministry on Friday, whole kharif planting till 22 September was up 3.7% from the earlier 12 months to the touch 110.2 million hectares (mh). Paddy cultivation jumped 10.8% from final 12 months to 41.2 mh, whereas pulses fell practically 6% to 12.2 mh, together with a 2.4% dip in tur (pigeon pea or arhar) and a 0.5% lower in urad (black gram) to 4.4 mh and three.3 mh, respectively. Space below oilseed cultivation declined as nicely, down by 3.2% to 19.3 mh.
Whereas the sowing of groundnut declined by 1.6% to 4.4 mh, sunflower crop plantations fell by 1.3% to 710,000 hectares.
Nevertheless, farmers sowed extra of soya bean, a significant kharif crop, protecting 12.5 mh, up 0.8% from final 12 months.
Agronomists count on the general sowing for present kharif season to be 1-2% increased on 12 months majorly pushed by paddy, sugarcane, coarse cereals, and soya bean. Nevertheless, different crops like pulses, groundnut and cotton have witnessed a decline in acreage on 12 months owing to delayed and erratic monsoon. Although space might improve, yield of some crops could also be affected, leading to increased meals costs, in response to Pushan Sharma, Director – Analysis, Crisil Market Intelligence and Analytics.“Farmers this kharif are anticipated to witness a decline in yields throughout key crops like paddy, cotton, maize and pulses. Contemplating the sowing and yield state of affairs and market situations, we count on paddy costs to stay elevated on-year, whereas pulse costs are anticipated to rise considerably on a excessive base as a result of anticipated decrease output on 12 months,” Sharma mentioned.
The sowing of coarse cereals went up 2.3% year-on-year to 18.6 mh. Maize cultivation rose 2.6% to eight.4 mh, whereas bajra and ragi elevated barely to 7 mh and 1 mh, respectively. Nevertheless, sowing of jowar dropped 1.4% to 1.4 mh.
Equally, cotton crop plantation shrank 4.2% to 12.3 mh. Within the case of sugarcane, sowing went up 4.2% to just about 6 mh.
Although rainfall countrywide improved up to now week from August, the driest monsoon month in 122 years, it nonetheless lags 6% at 780.3 mm until 22 September since 1 June.
The June-September monsoon season drives an enormous chunk of India’s $3 trillion economic system, bringing practically 75% of the nation’s annual rains, essential for agriculture and for replenishing reservoirs and aquifers and assembly energy demand. Over half of India’s arable land is rain-fed, and agriculture is among the many largest employment turbines.
Good rain over the previous fortnight has improved ranges in main reservoirs, now at 19% beneath the earlier 12 months’s ranges and eight% decrease than the 10-year common.
As of Thursday, the hole has lowered by 4% from the previous week.
Within the week ended Wednesday, India recorded a precipitation of 54.2 mm, 44% above the long-period common. Larger water ranges are essential for the agriculture sector, with farmers relying considerably on reservoirs for irrigation.
Information from the Central Water Fee (CWC) confirmed that the water degree in 150 reservoirs is at the moment at 178.784 billion cubic metres (bcm), or 69.4% of their general capability. Though there was a slight uptick since final week, it pales as compared with the identical interval final 12 months and the 10-year common, when storage was at 157.086 bcm and 137.00 bcm, respectively.
“The storage within the 150 reservoirs is presently at 81% of the identical interval’s storage final 12 months and 92% of the ten-year common,” the CWC reported.
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Up to date: 23 Sep 2023, 12:30 AM IST
