Rabi sowing in Andhra Pradesh down 3.6% on yr at 186,000 ha; chana down 7.5%
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MUMBAI – Farmers in Andhra Pradesh have sown rabi crops over 186,000 hectares as of Wednesday, down 3.6% on year from 193,000 hectares sown in the same period last year, according to a report released by the state's agriculture department. The acreage under bengal gram, or chana, was 61,000 hectares, down 7.5% on year from 66,000 hectares sown a year ago, the report showed.
On the other hand, the acreage under horsegram, or kulthi dal, rose to 27,000 hectares from 18,000 hectares a year ago. The total area under pulses rose to 124,000 hectares from 122,000 hectares a year ago.
Rabi crops are sown between October and November, after the monsoon rains are over, and are harvested between April and June. Paddy, maize, bengal gram or desi chana, urad, and groundnut are the top rabi crops grown in Andhra Pradesh. The state has set a sowing target of 2.3 million hectares for the season, the report showed.
Paddy acreage in the state so far rose to 23,000 hectares from 18,000 hectares, according to the report. The area sown under jowar fell to 15,000 hectares from 27,000 hectares a year ago, while the acreage under maize also fell to 5,200 hectares from 9,000 hectares last year.
The acreage under groundnut as of Wednesday was 4,100 hectares, down from 5,000 hectares sown last year, the report showed. The area sown under all oilseeds fell to 5,000 hectares from 7,000 hectares last year.
The area under tobacco so far rose to 13,500 hectares from 10,300 hectares sown in the corresponding period last year, the report said.
On the status of kharif crops, the kharif paddy crop is at the "panicle initiation to harvesting stage," the report said. The jowar, bajra, ragi, maize, moong, urad, kulthi dal, and groundnut crops are at the harvesting stage. Redgram, or the tur crop, is at the "flowering stage to the pod-development stage," according to the report. The kharif cotton crop is at the second picking stage, while the sugarcane crop is at the cane development stage.
The water level in reservoirs across the state is 84.3% of the live storage capacity as of Friday, compared with 40.6% a year ago, according to the state's water resources department. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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