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Informist, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

 

MUMBAI - Farmers in Andhra Pradesh have sown kharif crops over 2.8 million hectares as of Wednesday, up 12% from the 2.5 million hectares sown in the same period last year, according to a report by the state's agriculture department. So far, the state has covered 82% of the targeted area of 3.4 million hectares, and 86% of the normal area of 3.3 million hectares.

 

Paddy, maize, bajra, jowar, ragi, groundnut, sesamum, blackgram (urad), horsegram, and greengram (moong) are in their harvesting stage, the report said. Cotton is at its first picking stage, while redgram (tur) is at its flowering stage. Sugarcane is at the cane development stage.

 

The acreage under total food grains so far was 2.0 million hectares, up from 1.7 million hectares a year ago, the report showed. The area sown under coarse grains rose to 223,000 hectares from 184,000 hectares last year. The acreage under paddy in the state rose to 1.4 million hectares from 1.3 million hectares last year, while maize sowing rose to 144,000 hectares from 126,000 hectares a year ago.

 

The area sown under total pulses as of Wednesday rose to 410,000 hectares from 239,000 hectares a year ago, according to the report. Under pulses, the acreage under tur was 362,000 hectares, up from 201,000 hectares a year ago.

 

The acreage under oilseeds was 341,000 hectares against 331,000 hectares a year ago, the report said. Under oilseeds, the area sown under groundnut was 288,000 hectares, up from 255,000 hectares a year ago. Groundnut acreage takes up nearly 85% of the total area sown under all oilseeds.

 

Cotton acreage in the state fell to 399,000 hectares from 407,000 hectares a year ago. Similarly, the area sown under sugarcane fell to 20,000 hectares from 27,000 hectares a year ago. As of Wednesday, the state received 706.6 mm of rainfall since Jun 1, up 8.9% compared with the normal of 649.1 mm for the period, the report said.  End

 

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

 

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