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Informist, Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025

MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana was at 7.5 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, up 12.7% from 6.7 million acres sown in the same period last year, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The normal acreage for the season in the state is 6.4 million acres, the report said.

Maize acreage in the state rose by 26.7% on year to 841,835 acres from 664,180 acres last year, the report showed. The area sown under paddy was 5.7 million acres, up from 5.1 million acres a year ago, and that of jowar also rose to 333,033 acres from 231,426 acres last year.

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

The acreage under chana in Telangana was 221,037 acres, down from 255,337 acres sown last year, according to the report. On the other hand, the acreage under black gram, or urad, rose to 49,213 acres from 35,602 acres a year ago. The total area sown under all pulses fell to 297,987 acres from 319,627 acres last year.

The total area sown under all oilseeds so far has risen to 304,704 acres from 272,564 acres sown in the previous year, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage under groundnut was 246,349 acres, up from 209,817 acres a year ago.

Tobacco acreage in the state rose to 18,092 acres from 9,902 acres last year, and that of sugarcane also rose to 15,612 acres from 4,525 acres a year ago, according to the report.

Paddy is in the 'grain formation to grain filling' stage, while the harvest of groundnut, sunflower, urad, and chana has commenced and is in its peak stage, the report said.

The water level in reservoirs across Telangana was 423.776 billion cubic metres as of Wednesday, compared with 266.45 billion cubic metres a year ago, according to the report.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Ashish Shirke

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