Area under paddy increases by 3.38% to 283 lakh hectares so far in current kharif season

07 Aug 2023 Evaluate

The Agriculture Ministry in its latest data has showed that total area sown to paddy has increased by 3.38 per cent to 283 lakh hectares so far in the current kharif season. The crop was sown in 273.73 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. But, it said there is a lag in coverage in four states. The area under paddy, which is a main kharif crop, was lagging in four states of Odisha, Karnataka, Assam and Andhra Pradesh. 

As per the data, the paddy coverage in Odisha was at 12.35 lakh hectares as on August 4 of the current 2023-24 kharif season as against 16.41 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. In Assam too, the paddy coverage remained lower at 12.45 lakh hectares so far as against 14 lakh hectares, while in Andhra Pradesh it was down at 5.48 lakh hectares as against 6.66 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. Similarly, in Karnataka, the paddy coverage was down at 2.23 lakh hectares as on August 4 of the current kharif season, as against 3.24 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. 

However, in case of pulses, the area was lagging behind at 106.88 lakh hectares so far as compared to 117.86 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. The pulses coverage remained lower in the key producing states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Area sown to coarse cereals remained slightly better at 164.20 lakh hectares as on August 4 as against 162.43 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. Oilseeds coverage too was marginally better at 179.56 lakh hectares so far as against 175.10 lakh hectares in the year-ago period.

Among cash crops, sugarcane acreage remained higher at 56.06 lakh hectares as on August 4 of the current kharif season as against 54.67 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. But cotton area remained marginally lower at 119.21 lakh hectares as against 120.94 lakh hectares in the said period. Even the total area sown to jute/mesta remained slightly lower at 6.55 lakh hectares as on August 4 of this season compared with 6.94 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. The data showed total area sown to all kharif crops was higher at 915.46 lakh hectares as against 911.68 lakh hectares in the said period.

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