Maharashtra kharif crop acreage up 39.5% YoY at 12 mln ha as of Mon
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MUMBAI – The area under kharif crops in Maharashtra rose 39.5% on year to 12.3 mln ha as of Monday, according to the state agriculture department. The acreage was 8.8 mln ha in the corresponding period last year.
Kharif crops are sown at the beginning of the first rains during the southwest monsoon season around June and harvested at the end of the monsoon season around October.
The area under rice was 380,350 ha, up from 248,155 ha a year ago. The area under food grains rose to 3.5 mln ha from 1.9 mln ha a year ago, according to the data. The acreage under pulses rose to 1.71 mln ha from 971,224 ha a year ago.
The area under maize rose to 975,861 ha from 474,887 ha in the previous year. Similarly, the area under cotton rose to 3.9 mln ha from 3.4 mln ha last year. Soybean acreage was higher at 4.8 mln ha compared with 3.4 mln ha last year.
The water level in dams in Maharashtra is at 31.7% of the capacity as of today compared with 34.5% a year ago, according to data from the state water resources department. End
Reported by Romeo M. Raj
Edited by Tanima Banerjee
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