Maharashtra kharif sowing up 2.6% on year at 14.7 mln ha as of Mon
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MUMBAI – Farmers in Maharashtra have sown kharif crops over 14.7 mln ha as of Monday, 2.6% higher than the acreage in the corresponding period last year, according to data released by the state's agriculture 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 acreage under paddy, as of Monday, was 1.48 mln ha, against 1.51 mln ha in the same period last year, the report said. The acreage under maize rose to 1.1 mln ha from 902,653 ha a year ago. The acreage under total food grains so far was 5.1 mln ha, up from 4.6 mln ha a year ago.
The acreage under all pulses was 1.9 mln ha, up from 1.6 mln ha a year ago, the report said. Under pulses, the area sown under tur rose to 1.2 mln ha from 1.1 mln ha a year ago.
The area sown under total oilseeds so far was 5.3 mln ha, up from 5.2 mln ha a year ago, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage under soybean rose to 5.1 mln ha from 5 mln ha last year. Similarly, the acreage under groundnuts rose to 147,913 ha from 142,147 ha a year ago.
Cotton acreage as of Monday was 4.1 mln ha, down from 4.2 mln ha in the corresponding period last year. The acreage under sugarcane also fell to 194,785 ha from 280,202 ha a year ago, the report said.
The water levels in dams of Maharashtra is at 82.2% of the live storage capacity as of today, compared with 64.8% a year ago, according to data from the state water resources department. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Manisha Baxla
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