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Informist, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025

 

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--India summer crops acreage 1.52 mln ha so far vs 1.55 mln ha year ago
--India summer rice acreage 1.42 mln ha so far vs 1.38 mln ha year ago 
--India summer pulses acreage 54,800 ha so far vs 69,000 ha year ago 
--India summer moong acreage 47,600 ha so far vs 53,300 ha year ago 
--India summer maize acreage 6,900 ha so far vs 2,000 ha year ago 
--India summer coarse cereals acreage 9,900 ha so far vs 4,000 ha yr ago 
--India summer oilseeds acreage 41,900 ha so far vs 95,300 ha year ago 
--India summer groundnut acreage 31,100 ha so far vs 71,900 ha year ago 

 

MUMBAI – Farmers in the country have sown summer crops across 1.52 million hectares as of Friday, down 1.7% from a year ago, according to data from the agriculture ministry released on Monday. The acreage under crops at this time last year was 1.55 million hectares.

 

The area under rice, which is the largest summer crop was 1.42 million hectares as of Friday, up from 1.38 million hectares a year ago. Similarly the area under maize, which is the largest coarse cereal grown during the season was up at 6,900 hectares from 2,000 hectares last year. 

 

Despite a rise in acreage of rice and maize, two large summer crops, the overall area was down due to a significant fall in the area under major pulses and coarse cereals for the season. Acreage under pulses was down 20.6% on year with sowing of moong falling 10.7% from last year. Oilseeds acreage was down at 41,900 hectares from 95,300 hectares a year ago. 

 

The area under sesamum, the major summer oilseed crop, was at 5,700 hectares, significantly lower than 14,400 hectares a year ago. Similarly, groundnut acreage also fell to 31,100 hectares from 71,900 hectares last year.

 

The following table details the sowing of key summer crops so far, compared with the same period a year ago, in hectares, and year-on-year change in percentage:

 

Crops	Acreage 2025(ha)	Acreage 2024 (ha)	Change (%)
Rice	1,416,700	1,380,700	2.6
Total Pulses	54,800	69,000	(-)20.6
Urad	6,100	11,600	(-)47.4
Moong	47,600	53,300	(-)10.7
Corase Cereals	9,900	4,000	147.5
Maize	6,900	2,000	245
Total Oilseeds	41,900	95,300	(-)56
Groundnut	31,100	71,900	(-)56.7
Sesamum	5,700	14,400	(-)60.4
Total*	1,523,200	1,549,000	(-)1.7

*Total may not tally as crops with low acreage have been omitted. 

 

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Reported by J. Navya Sruthi and Shreya Shetty

Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj

 

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