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Informist, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025

MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Andhra Pradesh has progressed to 1.6 million hectares as of Wednesday, up 16.6% on year from 1.4 million hectares sown during the same period last year, according to a report released by the state's Department of Agriculture. Chana acreage in the state rose by 4.3% to 292,000 hectares from 280,000 hectares last year.

The acreage under black gram, or urad, rose to 253,000 hectares from 213,000 hectares a year ago, the report showed. The total area sown under all pulses was 689,000 hectares from 583,000 hectares last year.

Rabi crops are sown after the monsoon rains are over, and harvested between April and May in the state. 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 ongoing season, of which it has achieved nearly 70% so far, the report showed.

Paddy acreage as of Wednesday was 549,000 hectares, up from 456,000 hectares sown last year. The area sown under maize also rose to 152,000 hectares from 117,000 hectares a year ago, according to the report.

The total area sown under all oilseeds so far was 57,000 hectares, down from 75,000 hectares a year ago. Under oilseeds, groundnut acreage fell to 46,000 hectares from 57,000 hectares last year.

Tobacco acreage as of Wednesday was 107,000 hectares, up from 74,000 hectares sown in the previous year.

Rabi paddy is in the 'transplantation to panical initiation' stage, according to the report. Jowar and tobacco are in the vegetative stage, while moong and urad are in the 'vegetative to harvesting' stage. Horse gram, or kulthi dal, are in the 'pod development to harvesting' stage, and chana is in the 'pod development to harvesting' stage, the report said. Maize is at the 'vegetative to tasselling' stage. Groundnut is at the 'vegetative to peg formation' stage, the report said.

Kharif crops such as tur are in the 'pod maturity to harvesting' stage, while sugarcane is in the harvesting stage, according to the report.

The water level in reservoirs across the state was 64.3% of the live storage capacity as of Friday, compared to 33.6% a year ago, according to the state's water resources department.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Nishant Maher

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