March 28, 2024

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Rabi planting hits an all-time high at 675 lakh ha

Rabi sowing in the country established a new file by masking an area of 675 lakh hectares (lha), just about 2 for each cent much more than 662 lha planted in the total period in 2019-20 until end of this 7 days, according to facts unveiled by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday.

The sowing in the present period is not above however.

All important rabi crops, barring a number of coarse cereals, surpassed the area planted in the previous period, which was by far the finest, previously. At 345 lha, acreage of wheat is at all-time substantial. The wheat sown area in the corresponding 7 days previous calendar year was near to 335 lha, which moved up slightly to all over 336 lha by the end of the previous rabi period. Significantly of the improve in wheat planting was noted from Madhya Pradesh — which planted an added area of eight.3 lha and Maharashtra 1 lha much more.

 

Other crops

Gram and mustard are two other crops which have carried out exceedingly very well in terms of protection. Gram has been planted above just about 111 lha, while mustard fields included near to 74 lha. At the end of the previous rabi period, the area of gram and mustard was all over 107 lha and 70 lha, respectively.

The area less than rice was near to 30 lha (26 lha). Significantly of the improve in rice area arrived from Telangana which planted an added 3.forty nine lha less than rice.

Nevertheless, there is a dip in area less than coarse cereals. As in comparison to just about 55 lha planted in the very same 7 days previous calendar year, coarse cereals included only all over fifty one lha so far.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar congratulated farmers in the country for their tireless tricky work. “Despite the corona epidemic, farmers have accomplished file area protection less than rabi crops as very well as in kharif period, which is exceptional,” Tomar explained.