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Informist, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024

MUMBAI – Farmers in Telangana have sown rabi crops across 799,773 acres as of Wednesday, up 22.8% on year from 651,294 acres sown in the corresponding period last year, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The acreage under maize was 286,896 acres, up 84.7% on year from 155,349 acres sown last year.

The acreage of rabi crops has risen due to good rainfall in late September and early October, the report said. The state received 30% excess rainfall during the southwest monsoon at 962.6 mm, compared with the normal of 738.6 mm, the report said.

The area sown under paddy so far rose to 37,279 acres from 29,206 acres a year ago, the report showed. The acreage under jowar was 38,441 acres, up from 16,594 acres last year. On other hand, wheat acreage was 1,522 acres, down from 1,920 acres a year ago.

Rabi crops in Telangana are sown between October and December after the monsoon rains are over and harvested between February and May. This year, however, the sowing started late because of a delay in the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon, which in turn delayed the harvest of kharif crops.

The normal acreage for the season in Telangana is 6.4 million acres (1 acre=0.4 hectares), the report said. 

Chana acreage in the state so far fell to 170,281 acres from 214,000 acres last year, according to the report. The area sown under black gram, or urad, was 26,665 acres, up from 19,742 acres a year ago. The total area sown under all pulses fell to 201,833 acres from 236,685 acres in the previous year.

The total area sown under all oilseeds as of Wednesday was 194,799 acres, up from 170,382 acres a year ago, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage under groundnut rose to 186,073 acres from 160,306 acres a year ago.

The area sown under tobacco in the state was 7,374 acres, up from 2,727 acres in the same period last year, according to the report.

Most kharif crops in the state are in the harvesting stage, according to the report. Red gram, or tur, is in the "pod development stage" the report said. "The procurement of kharif paddy, soybean, and cotton is progressing at a brisk pace across the state," the report said.

The water level in reservoirs across the state was 812.7 thousand million cubic feet as of Wednesday, compared with 464.2 thousand million cubic feet a year ago, according to the report.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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