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Informist, Wednesday, Jul 31, 2024

 

MUMBAI – The area under kharif crops in Rajasthan declined 6% from a year ago to 14.5 mln ha as of Monday, according to a release from the state agriculture department. The state has set a target of 16.5 mln ha for the ongoing kharif season and 88% of the target area has been covered. 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. 

 

Moong was sown over 2.2 mln ha, up 1.2% on year, and against the target set for moong this year is 2.5 mln ha. The area sown under pulses was at 3.3 mln ha, down from 3.4 mln ha last year. 

 

The acreage of bajra was 4.1 mln ha, down from 4.5 mln ha the previous year. The target for bajra is 4.4 mln ha. The acreage of cereals is at 6.0 mln ha, down from 6.3 mln ha last year.

 

Moong and bajra are the main pulses and cereal crops grown in Rajasthan during the kharif season. Maize, rice, soybean, and groundnut are other important kharif crops in Rajasthan. 

 

The area under oilseeds was down at 2.2 mln ha, against 2.3 mln ha a year ago. The target for the season is set at 2.4 mln ha. The area under soybean was 1.1 mln ha, largely unchanged from last year, the data showed.

 

The area under cotton was 504,150 ha, down from 783,290 ha, the data showed. The acreage of guar, another major crop in the state, was also down at 2.2 mln ha from 2.3 mln ha a year ago.  End

 

Reported by J. Navya Sruthi

Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj

 

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