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Informist, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024

 

MUMBAI – Farmers in Telangana have sown rabi crops over 559,689 acres as of Wednesday, up 16.5% from 480,283 acres sown in the corresponding period last year, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. Maize acreage in the state so far was 176,494 acres, sharply up by 75% from 100,792 acres sown in the previous year.

 

The area sown under jowar was 15,454 acres, up from 11,381 acres a year ago, according to the report. Paddy was sown on 477 acres against 1,490 acres last year. The seasonal normal for rabi paddy is 4.7 million acres.

 

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 acreage under chana as of Wednesday was 140,475 acres, down from 160,092 acres last year, according to the report. On the other hand, the area sown under black gram, or urad, rose to 22,949 acres from 18,791 acres a year ago. The total area sown under all pulses was 166,533 acres, down from 181,017 acres last year.

 

The area sown under groundnut in the state was 160,189 acres, up from 141,970 acres a year ago, the report showed. The total area sown under all oilseeds rose to 165,379 acres from 147,647 acres last year. Groundnut accounts for nearly 97% of the total oilseed acreage in the state.

 

The acreage under tobacco as of Wednesday was 5,144 acres, up from 2,424 acres sown in the same period last year, according to the report.

 

Most kharif crops in the state are in the maturity to harvesting stage, according to the report. Red gram, or tur, is in the "flowering to pod formation stage" and kharif paddy is in the "grain formation to harvesting stage", the report said. Both crops are in good condition so far.

 

The water level in reservoirs across the state was 836.7 thousand million cubic feet as of Wednesday, compared with 461.9 thousand million cubic feet a year ago, according to the report.  End

 

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Ashish Shirke

 

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