India’s summer season crops protection rises 7.5%, exceeds regular degree by 5 lakh hectares

The world beneath summer season crops has elevated to 71.80 lakh hectares (lh) as of Friday, which is 7.5 per cent greater than 66.80 lh reported within the year-ago interval because the zaid season is coming to an finish. The whole regular space (final 5-year common) beneath zaid crops, grown earlier than kharif sowing and after rabi harvest, is estimated at 66.01 lh in a season.

Sowing beneath summer season paddy has elevated to 30.30 lh till Could 3, which is 10 per cent greater than 27.55 lh reported within the year-ago interval.

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Summer season pulses acreage has gone up 4.3 per cent to 19.96 lh from 19.14 lh as larger protection of moong has been reported this yr. Moong sowing is up at 16.76 lh in opposition to 15.89 lh within the year-ago interval and urad protection has dropped to three.19 lh from 3.24 lh. Key growers of summer season pulses are Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

Nutri-cereals protection up

Oilseeds acreage was reported at 9.60 lh, up by 4 per cent from 9.23 lh. Groundnut acreage reached 4.70 lh and sesamum at 4.89 lh each rising from 4.63 lh and 4.61 lh, respectively from the year-ago interval. Sunflower acreage reached 33,387 hectares in opposition to 32,318 hectares year-ago.

Acreage of summer-grown nutri cereals and maize is up 10 per cent at 11.95 lh from 10.88 lh as larger protection of jowar, bajra and maize has been reported this yr. Jowar sowing is up at 45,000 hectares in opposition to 22,000 hectares within the year-ago interval whereas bajra acreage was reported 5 per cent larger at 4.66 lh from 4.45 lh. Maize acreage too was up 10 per cent at 6.84 lh from 6.21 lh.

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In the meantime, the cumulative rainfall in pre-monsoon season since March 1 is 15 per cent beneath regular at 63 mm in opposition to the traditional 74.3 mm on pan-India foundation till Could 3. Whereas the Central India has obtained 71 per cent larger precipitation than its lengthy interval common (LPA) between March 1 and Could 3, the north-west area has 3 per cent surplus over regular rains. However, the south peninsula area is 70 per cent poor and east and north-east India 28 per cent decrease than common precipitation, India Meteorological Division information present.