Area under coverage for paddy declines by 4.76% in the Kharif season of 2022

03 Oct 2022 Evaluate

With erratic monsoon rains in some states like Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, The agriculture ministry has said that area under coverage for paddy declined by 4.76 per cent in the Kharif season of 2022 to 402.88 lakh hectares (LH) as compared to paddy acreage of 423.04 LH in last year's Kharif season. Due to fall in paddy acreage, the ministry has projected that rice production could decline by 6 per cent to 104.99 million tonnes during Kharif season of 2022-23 crop year (July-June). The total area under coverage for all Kharif crops declined to 1102.79 LH from 1112.16 LH last year.

In case of paddy, less area has been reported from Jharkhand (9.22 LH), West Bengal (3.65 LH), Uttar Pradesh (2.48 LH), Madhya Pradesh (2.24 LH), Bihar (1.97 LH), Andhra Pradesh (1 LH), Assam (0.99 LH) and Chhattisgarh (0.74 LH). Pulses acreage too declined to 133.68 LH from 139.21 LH in Kharif season of 2021. However, coarse cereals acreage rose to 183.89 LH from 175.15 LH.

In the non-foodgrains category, the area under coverage of oilseeds fell to 192.14 LH from 193.99 LH. The country received 7 per cent excess showers in this year's monsoon season, but the rice-growing states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand reported deficient rains. Though the country as a whole has received excess rainfall, the distribution has been uneven, with the desert state of Rajasthan reporting 36 per cent more rains than normal and the north-east region, which witnesses copious showers, receiving deficit rainfall.

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