The cotton acreage across Gujarat state in the first week of kharif sowing has touched 42,100 hectares against 13,000 hectares in the comparable period last year. The cotton sowing prospects in the state have improved this kharif season amidst prediction of a good rainfall. Pre-monsoon activity has been good in Gujarat this year, including Saurashtra region, which was dry last year. As per Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), it is expecting cotton sowing to spurt and production to touch over one crore bales this year (1bale=170 kg). The sowing of kharif commences in Gujarat from June and usually lasts till September end.
Saurashtra and Kutch region of Gujarat which is a major cotton growing belt have experienced deficient rains last year due to which cotton sowing dipped in the state. Against an average area of 27 lakh hectares covered under cotton in the state, the total area under the white commodity in 2012 stood at 24.77 lakh hectares. The total cotton acreage in Gujarat reached a high of 29.82 lakh hectares in 2011.
Till first week of June, the total sowing under kharif has reached 65,500 hectares as compared to 47,600 hectares in the corresponding period last year. On the other hand, acreage under groundnut has dipped as compared to previous year in the comparable period. The acreage under groundnut in first week of kharif sowing stood at 800 hectares against 4,300 hectares in the comparable period last season.
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