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Informist, Thursday, Apr. 3, 2025

MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana was at 7.6 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, up 13.2% on year 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 30% on year to 863,538 acres from 664,180 acres last year, the report showed. The area sown under paddy also rose to 5.7 million acres from 5.2 million acres a year ago. Similarly, the acreage under jowar was 339,505 acres, up 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 was 221,208 acres, down from 255,337 acres a year ago, according to the report. On the other hand, the acreage under black gram, or urad, rose to 49,686 acres from 35,602 acres last year. The total area sown under all pulses fell to 299,289 acres from 319,627 acres a year ago.

The total area sown under all oilseeds so far was 310,863 acres, up from 272,564 acres sown in the previous year, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage under groundnut rose to 249,727 acres from 209,817 acres last year.

Tobacco acreage in the state rose to 18,310 acres from 9,902 acres in the corresponding period last year, while that of sugarcane also rose to 16,230 acres from 4,525 acres a year ago. 

Paddy is in the 'grain formation to maturity' 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 403.00 billion cubic metres as of Wednesday, compared with 259.59 billion cubic metres a year ago, according to the report.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj

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