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Informist, Thursday, Apr. 17, 2025

MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana was at 7.9 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, up 16.4% on year from 6.8 million acres a year ago, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The state's normal acreage for the season is 6.4 million acres, the report said. Maize acreage rose by nearly 36% on year to 902,584 acres from 664,180 acres last year.

The area sown under paddy so far was 5.9 million acres, up from 5.2 million acres a year ago, the report showed. Similarly, the acreage under jowar rose to 360,144 acres from 231,426 acres last year. 

Chana acreage in the state was 222,730 acres, down from 255,337 acres last year, according to the report. On the other hand, the acreage under black gram, or urad, rose to 55,533 acres from 35,602 acres a year ago. The total area sown under all pulses fell to 309,221 acres from 319,627 acres last year.

The total area sown under all oilseeds was 315,155 acres, up from 272,564 acres sown in the previous year, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage under groundnut rose to 251,022 acres from 209,817 acres last year.

Tobacco acreage rose to 19,058 acres from 9,902 acres last year, while that of sugarcane also rose to 16,882 acres from 4,525 acres a year ago, the report showed.

Paddy is in the 'grain maturity' to harvesting stage, while the harvest of groundnut, sunflower, urad, chana, maize, jowar and other crops is underway, the report said.

The water level in reservoirs across Telangana was 380.42 billion cubic metres as of Wednesday, compared with 241.26 billion cubic metres a year ago, according to the report. 

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.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj

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