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Informist, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025

 

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--India summer crops acreage 2.23 mln ha so far vs 2.18 mln ha year ago 
--India summer rice acreage 1.9 mln ha so far vs 1.8 mln ha year ago 
--India summer pulses acreage 88,200 ha so far vs 112,600 ha year ago 
--India summer moong acreage 68,100 ha so far vs 79,400 ha year ago 
--India summer maize acreage 89,200 ha so far vs 105,200 ha year ago 
--India summer coarse cereals acreage 107,500 ha so far vs 124,700 ha yr ago 
--India summer oilseeds acreage 86,700 ha so far vs 127,400 ha year ago 
--India summer groundnut acreage 55,300 ha so far vs 88,900 ha year ago 

 

MUMBAI – Farmers in the country have sown summer crops across 2.23 million hectares as of Friday, up 2.2% from a year ago, according to data from the agriculture ministry. The acreage under crops at this time last year was 2.18 million hectares.

 

The area under rice, the largest summer crop, was 1.95 million hectares as of Friday, up by 7.1% on year from 1.82 million hectares a year ago. On the other hand, the area under maize, which is the largest coarse cereal grown during the season,fell to 89,200 hectares from 105,200 hectares last year. 

 

The rise in total acreage was significantly held higher by the increase in rice acreage, as the area sown under all other major summer crops fell on year. The area sown under all pulses fell by 21.7% on year to 88,200 hectares from 112,600 hectares last year. Under pulses, moong acreage fell to 68,100 hectares from 79,400 hectares sown a year ago.

 

Oilseeds acreage was down at 86,700 hectares from 127,400 hectares a year ago. The area under sesamum, the major summer oilseed crop, was at 22,200 hectares, lower than 28,700 hectares a year ago. Similarly, groundnut acreage also fell to 55,300 hectares from 88,900 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 (%)	Normal Summer Area
Rice	1,949,200	1,819,700	7.1	3,079,500
Total Pulses	88,200	112,600	(-)21.7	2,164,000
Urad	18,600	29,100	(-)36.1	269,500
Moong	68,100	79,400	(-)14.2	1,894,500
Corase Cereals	107,500	124,700	(-)13.8	1,103,100
Maize	89,200	105,200	(-)15.2	629,000
Total Oilseeds	86,700	127,400	(-)31.9	785,500
Groundnut	55,300	88,900	(-)37.8	299,500
Sesamum	22,200	28,700	(-)22.6	452,000
Total*	2,231,700	2,184,500	2.2	7,132,100

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

 

Reported by Shreya Shetty and J. Navya Sruthi

Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj

 

 

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