Rabi sowing in Andhra Pradesh up 23% on year as of Wed, down 15% from normal
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MUMBAI – Farmers in Andhra Pradesh have sown rabi crops over 1.06 million hectares as of Wednesday, up 23% on year from 856,000 hectares sown in the same period last year, according to a report released by the state's agriculture department. However, the current acreage is 15% lower than the normal sowing area of 1.24 million hectares for the period.
According to the acreage report, the sowing of rabi crops in the state is still in progress. Rabi crops are sown after the monsoon rains are over, and harvested between April and May. 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, according to the report.
Crops sown during the kharif season, like paddy, red gram, and sugarcane, are yet to be harvested. "Red gram is at pod development to harvesting stage. Sugarcane is at cane development to harvesting stage," according to the report.
As of Wednesday, acreage of chana, also known as Bengal gram, in the state was 279,000 hectares, up 17% on year from 238,000 hectares last year. The acreage under black gram, or urad, rose to 170,000 hectares from 151,000 hectares a year ago, according to the report. The total area under all pulses was 562,000 hectares, up from 444,000 hectares last year.
The area sown with paddy was 221,000 hectares, up from 166,000 hectares at the same time last year. Maize acreage rose to 95,000 hectares from 74,000 hectares a year ago, while that of jowar fell to 50,000 hectares from 57,000 hectares last year.
The total area under all oilseeds as of Wednesday was 41,000 hectares, down from 52,000 hectares a year ago, the report showed. Within oilseeds, the acreage under groundnut fell to 36,000 hectares from 42,000 hectares last year.
Tobacco acreage in the state was 85,000 hectares, up from 59,000 hectares sown in the corresponding period last year, according to the report.
The water level in reservoirs across the state was 635.66 billion cubic metres, compared with 279.37 billion cubic metres a year ago, according to the report. End
Reported by J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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