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Informist, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025

MUMBAI – Farmers in Gujarat have sown rabi crops across 4.8 million hectares as of Monday, up 5.2% on year and 3.2% more than the targeted area for the season, according to a release by the state agriculture department. The targeted area, which is an average for the last three years, for the season was 4.6 million hectares. In the corresponding period last year, the area under rabi crops was 4.5 million hectares.

Rabi crops are sown after the monsoon rains are over, and harvested between February and April in the state. Wheat, barley, peas, gram or chana, and mustard are the major rabi crops grown in Gujarat. 

Wheat acreage in the state so far rose by nearly 10% on year to 1.3 million hectares from 1.2 million hectares a year ago. The acreage under maize rose to 132,496 hectares from 111,381 hectares last year, the report showed. The total area sown under all cereals was 1.5 million hectares, up from 1.4 million hectares a year ago.

Chana acreage as of Monday was 839,724 hectares, up from 629,149 hectares last year. The total area sown under all pulses rose to 910,683 hectares from 674,725 hectares in the previous year, according to the report. 

The total area sown under all oilseeds so far was 259,650 hectares, down from 277,237 hectares a year ago. Among oilseeds, the acreage under mustard fell to 257,529 hectares from 276,816 hectares last year.

Sugarcane acreage in the state fell to 174,100 hectares from 184,050 hectares in the previous year, the report showed. The area sown under tobacco rose to 158,069 hectares from 132,128 hectares a year ago.

The acreage under cumin, or jeera, fell to 473,615 hectares from 560,841 hectares last year. On other hand, the area sown under coriander rose to 129,343 hectares from 126,756 hectares a year ago. The acreage under fennel fell to 56,105 hectares from 132,643 hectares last year.

Potato acreage as of Monday was 155,501 hectares, up from 134,529 hectares, while that of onion also rose to 92,005 hectares from 68,636 hectares a year ago. The area sown under vegetables was 210,097 hectares, up from 195,661 hectares sown in the same period last year, the report showed.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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