Gujarat rabi sowing up 5.3% on yr at 4.8 mln ha as of Mon; wheat up 9.8%
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MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Gujarat as of Monday rose 5.3% on year to 4.8 million hectares, 5% higher than the targeted area, according to a release by the state agriculture department. The targeted area, which is an average for the past three years, for the season was 4.6 million hectares. In the corresponding period last year, the area under rabi crops was 4.6 million hectares.
Wheat acreage in Gujarat was 1.4 million hectares, up 9.8% on year from 1.2 million hectares last year, the report showed. Similarly, the area sown under maize rose to 134,458 hectares from 115,426 hectares a year ago.
The acreage under chana as of Monday was 848,404 hectares, up from 630,457 hectares a year ago, according to the report. The total area sown under all pulses rose to 919,772 hectares from 676,416 million hectares last year.
The total area sown under all oilseeds in the state so far was 260,374 hectares, down from 277,781 hectares sown in the previous year. Under oilseeds, mustard acreage fell to 258,221 hectares from 277,332 hectares a year ago.
Sugarcane acreage also fell to 178,728 hectares from 197,103 hectares last year, according to the report. On the other hand, the acreage under tobacco rose to 163,813 hectares from 134,959 hectares a year ago.
The acreage under cumin as of Monday was 476,481 hectares, down from 561,306 hectares last year, the report showed. Coriander acreage rose to 130,731 hectares from 127,035 hectares a year ago, while that of fennel more than halved to 57,188 hectares from 133,207 hectares last year.
Potato acreage jumped to 156,207 hectares from 134,857 hectares a year ago, according to the report. The area sown under onions was 93,509 hectares, up from 69,057 hectares a year ago, and that of vegetables rose to 219,845 hectares from 203,239 hectares a year ago. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Subhojit Sarkar
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