Crop Report
Rajasthan rabi acreage up 4% on year at 11.96 mln ha as of Fri
This story was originally published at 12:39 IST on 5 January 2026
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MUMBAI – The area sown under rabi crops in Rajasthan reached 11.96 million hectares as of Friday, up over 4% on year from 11.49 million hectares sown in the same period last year, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The target area for the season is set at 12.02 million hectares, of which over 99% has been covered so far.
Wheat acreage in the state was down at 3.56 million hectares from 3.84 million hectares a year ago, the report showed. The area sown under barley rose to 449,213 hectares from 330,000 hectares last year.
The acreage under chana was 2.24 million hectares, up from 1.66 million hectares last year, according to the report. The total area sown under all rabi pulses was up at 2.27 million hectares from nearly 1.70 million hectares sown a year ago.
The total area under all oilseeds so far was 3.64 million hectares, up from 3.50 million hectares sown in the previous year, the report showed. The acreage under mustard rose to 3.49 million hectares from 3.37 million hectares last year.
Rabi crops are sown in Oct-Nov after the monsoon rains are over and harvested between April and May. Barley, wheat, gram or desi chana, and oilseeds such as rapeseed and mustard are the key crops grown in the state during the rabi season. The normal rabi acreage, which is the average of the last five years, is 11.25 million hectares. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Nishant Maher
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