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Area sown to rice increases 37.70% to 34.73 lakh hectare so far in kharif season: Agriculture Ministry

27 Apr 2020 Evaluate

The Agriculture Ministry’s latest data has showed that area sown to rice increased by 37.70% to 34.73 lakh hectare so far in the kharif (summer) season of the 2020-21 crop year, as compared to 25.22 lakh hectare area in the year-ago period in the same season. Rice is rain-fed kharif crop besides maize, bajra, green gram, black gram, groundnut and sesame seeds in the category of foodgrains basket. The Met Department has forecast a normal southwest monsoon during June-September period.

With regard to rice planting, the ministry has advised states to promote Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) which require less labour and tend to mature faster than transplanted crops. It has also asked them to promote cultivation of hybrid rice. Currently, 8% farmers use this method especially in states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, it said. The government is targeting 102.6 million tonne of rice production in the kharif season of the 2020-21 crop year (July-June).

As per the data, area sown to pulses has increased to 5.07 lakh hectare so far in the kharif season this year from 3.82 lakh hectare in the year-ago. In case of pulses, the ministry has advised states to promote inter-cropping of pulses with oilseeds, sugarcane, maize and cotton. It has also asked to use bunds for cultivation of arhar or tur dal besides weed management and application of fertilizers based on soil head card. Similarly, area sown to coarse cereals has increased to 8.55 lakh hectare from 5.47 lakh hectare, while that of oilseeds acreage increased to 8.73 lakh hectare from 6.80 lakh hectare in the said period.

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