Higher Acreage
Maharashtra kharif sowing up 2.7% on year at 14.8 mln ha as of Fri
This story was originally published at 12:40 IST on 26 September 2024
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MUMBAI – Farmers in Maharashtra have sown kharif crops over 14.8 mln ha as of Friday, up 2.7% from a year ago, according to the report released by the state's agricultural department. The area under kharif crops in the same period last year was 14.4 mln ha.
Kharif crops are sown at the beginning of the southwest monsoon around June and harvested around October.
The acreage under paddy as of Friday was 1.52 mln ha, down from 1.53 mln ha a year ago, the report showed. The area sown under maize rose to 1.1 mln ha from 915,634 ha last year.
The area sown under total pulses so far rose to 1.9 mln ha from 1.6 mln ha a year ago, according to the data. Under pulses, the acreage for tur was 1.2 mln ha, up from 1.1 mln ha a year ago.
The acreage under total oilseeds was 5.3 mln ha, up from 5.2 mln ha in the corresponding period last year, the report said. Under oilseeds, the area sown under soybean rose to 5.2 mln ha from 5.1 mln ha a year ago. The acreage under groundnut also rose to 148,070 ha from 143,172 ha a year ago.
Cotton acreage in the state so far fell to 4.1 mln ha from 4.2 mln ha a year ago. Similarly, the area sown under sugarcane was 205,934 ha, down from 302,422 ha last year, the report said.
Water levels in dams in Maharashtra are at 86.2% of the live storage capacity as of today, compared with 70.3% a year ago, according to data from the state water resources department. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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