Wheat acreage dip by 37% so far this year

13 Nov 2019 Evaluate

India's wheat acreage has dipped this year by 37% at 9.69 lakh hectare till last week of the ongoing rabi (winter) season of the 2019-20 crop year, compared to previous year's 15.35 lakh hectare. The lower wheat sowing was due to late harvesting of 2019 kharif crops that has delayed sowing in some states, especially Madhya Pradesh. The curbs on stubble burning has also delayed land preparation. Sowing of wheat and other rabi crops begins from October, while harvesting from April onwards.

Wheat is the main rabi crop. Wheat cultivation was lower at 74,000 hectare in Madhya Pradesh till last week of this season, when compared with 6 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. In Punjab, farmers planted wheat in 4.20 lakh hectare as against 4.68 lakh hectare a year ago, while that in Haryana in 1.16 lakh hectare as against 1.19 lakh hectare in the said period. However, as per reports Uttar Pradesh has covered in more area at 1.73 lakh hectare till last week of this season as against 94,000 hectare a year ago.

Among other rabi crops, area sown to pulses also remained lower at 27.85 lakh hectare till last week of this rabi season, as against 39.93 lakh hectare in the year-ago period. Coarse cereals were also planted in lesser area at 12.39 lakh hectare as against 13.54 lakh hectare in the said period. Though, oilseed sowing has undertaken in more area at 41.24 lakh hectare till last week of this rabi season as against 39.65 lakh hectare a year ago. Rice planting area remained almost unchanged to the previous year’s level of 5.77 lakh hectare in the said period.

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