State Agriculture
Maharashtra kharif sowing up 3% on year at 14.5 mln ha as of Tue
This story was originally published at 10:22 IST on 21 August 2024
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MUMBAI – Farmers in Maharashtra have sown kharif crops over 14.5 mln ha as of Tuesday, around 3% higher than the corresponding period last year, according to the data released by the state agricultural department. The kharif acreage in the same period last year was 14.1 mln ha.
Kharif crops are sown at the beginning of the southwest monsoon season around June and harvested around October.
The acreage under rice as of Tuesday was 1.41 mln ha, down from 1.44 mln ha a year ago, the report said. Maize acreage rose to 1.1 mln ha from 882,642 ha in the corresponding period last year. The area sown under food grains rose to 5 mln ha from 4.5 mln ha a year ago, the report said.
The acreage under pulses so far is 1.9 mln ha, up from 1.6 mln ha last year. Under pulses, the acreage under tur rose to 1.2 mln ha from 1.1 mln ha a year ago, according to the data.
The area sown under oilseeds as of Tuesday was 5.2 mln ha, up from 5.1 mln ha last year. Under oilseeds, soybean acreage rose to 5.1 mln ha from 5 mln ha a year ago.
Cotton acreage fell to 4.1 mln ha from 4.2 mln ha in the same period last year. The area sown under sugarcane also fell to 177,064 ha from 255,713 ha a year ago.
The water level in dams of Maharashtra is at 69.3% of the live storage capacity as of today, compared with 61.8% a year ago, according to data from the state water resources department. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Tanima Banerjee
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