Rabi sowing in Telangana up 41.7% on year; groundnut up 28.1% as of Wed
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MUMBAI – Farmers in Telangana have sown rabi crops over 314,184 acres as of Wednesday, up 41.7% from 221,730 acres sown in the corresponding period last year, according to a report released by the state's agriculture department. The total area sown under oilseeds in the state so far was 132,487 acres, up from 103,316 acres a year ago.
The acreage under groundnut rose 28.1% to 129,940 acres from 101,435 acres a year ago, the report showed. Groundnut acreage accounts for 98.1% of the total oilseed acreage.
Rabi crops are sown between October and November after the monsoon rains are over, and harvested between April and June. The normal acreage for the season in Telangana is 6.4 million acres, the report said. One acre is around 0.4 hectares.
The area under chana as of Wednesday was 66,135 acres, up from 50,135 acres last year, the report showed. The area sown under black gram, or urad, rose to 16,173 acres from 11,753 acres a year ago. The total acreage under all pulses rose to 83,618 acres from 62,807 acres last year.
Maize acreage in the state more than doubled to 69,674 acres from 31,791 acres last year, according to the report. The area sown under jowar was 4,198 acres, down slightly from 4,433 acres sown a year ago.
The area sown under tobacco as of Wednesday was 2,699 acres, up from 1,887 acres in the same period last year, the report said.
The acreage of rabi crops has risen significantly due to good rainfall in late September and early October, the report said. Most rabi crops are currently in the seedling stage, while the groundnut crop is at the seedling to peg formation stage.
The harvest of kharif urad and jowar, moong, and soyabean has been completed, the report showed. Maize and groundnut harvests are near completion, while the harvest of sugarcane has started, the report said. Tur is in the "flowering to pod formation stage", while the kharif paddy crop is in "formation to harvesting stage", the report said. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Ashish Shirke
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