Maharashtra kharif sowing up 3% on year at 14.6 mln ha as of Mon
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MUMBAI - Farmers in Maharashtra have sown kharif crops over 14.6 mln ha as of Monday, nearly 3% higher than the corresponding period last year, according to the data released by the state's agricultural department. The area under kharif crops during the same period last year was 14.3 mln ha.
Kharif crops are sown at the beginning of the southwest monsoon season around June and harvested around October.
The area sown under paddy as of Monday fell to 1.45 mln ha from 1.49 mln ha a year ago, the report showed. The acreage under maize was at 1.1 mln ha compared to 900,191 ha a year ago. The acreage under total food grains so far was 5.1 mln ha, up from 4.6 mln ha last year, the report said.
The acreage under total pulses rose to 1.9 mln ha from 1.6 mln ha in the same period last year. Under pulses, tur acreage as of Monday was 1.2 mln ha, up from 1.1 mln ha a year ago, the report said.
The acreage under total oilseeds rose to 5.3 mln ha from 5.2 mln ha a year ago, the report said. Under oilseeds, the soybean acreage was 5.1 mln ha, up from 5 mln ha a year ago. The acreage for groundnut also rose to 147,569 ha from 141,916 ha a year ago.
Cotton acreage as of Monday was 4.1 mln ha, down from 4.2 mln ha a year ago. The area sown under sugarcane fell to 193,572 ha from 270,337 ha a year ago, the report showed.
The water levels in dams of Maharashtra is at 75.9% of the live storage capacity as of today, compared to 63.5% a year ago, according to data from the state water resources department. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Vandana Hingorani
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