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Informist, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024

MUMBAI – Farmers in Karnataka have sown kharif crops over 8.15 million hectares as of Sept. 30, up 9.7% from 7.4 million hectares sown in the corresponding period last year, according to the final kharif acreage report released by the state's agricultural department. The current kharif acreage is nearly 8% higher than the normal kharif acreage, which is the average of the last five years, of 7.6 million hectares for the period.

While crops such as paddy and tur faced crop losses in the previous year due to erratic rains, excessive southwest monsoon this year has supported a higher kharif acreage. As of Sept. 30, the state received 977 mm of rainfall since Jun. 1, 15% above the normal of 852 mm, the report said.

During the kharif season, the state has covered nearly 99% of the targeted sowing area of 8.25 million hectares, according to the report. Kharif crops are sown during the southwest monsoon starting around June, and harvested around October. The main kharif crops sown in Karnataka are paddy, maize, ragi, tur, cotton, and sugarcane.

The acreage under total cereals rose to 3.6 million hectares from 3.4 million hectares a year ago, the report showed. Under cereals, the area sown under paddy was 1.02 million hectares, up from 910,000 hectares. However, maize acreage fell to 1.59 million hectares from 1.61 million hectares a year ago.

The area sown under total pulses as of Sept. 30 was 2.3 million hectares, up from 1.7 million hectares a year ago. Under pulses, the acreage under tur rose to 1.6 million hectares from 1.4 million hectares last year. The acreage under greengram, or moong, doubled to 442,000 hectares from 204,000 hectares a year ago.

The acreage under oilseeds was 834,000 hectares against 797,000 hectares a year ago, according to the report. Under oilseeds, the area sown under soybean was 422,000 hectares, up from 409,000 hectares last year. The acreage under groundnut also rose to 332,000 hectares from 309,000 hectares a year ago.

Cotton acreage in the state fell to 684,000 hectares from 706,000 hectares a year ago. Similarly, the area sown under sugarcane fell to 693,000 hectares from 735,000 hectares a year ago, the report said.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Manisha Baxla

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