Synopsis
Wheat has been sown on 54,000 hectares so far in the current rabi (winter) season of the 2022–23 crop year, which is an increase of 59% over 34,000 hectares in the comparable period last year, government data issued on Friday revealed.
Wheat has been sown on 54,000 hectares so far in the current rabi (winter) season of the 2022–23 crop year, which is an increase of 59% over 34,000 hectares in the comparable period last year, government data issued on Friday revealed.
Wheat has been sown on 54,000 hectares so far in the current rabi (winter) season of the 2022–23 crop year, which is an increase of 59% over 34,000 hectares in the comparable period last year, government data issued on Friday revealed.
About 39,000 hectare was covered under wheat in Uttar Pradesh, 9,000 hectare in Uttarakhand, 2,000 hectare in Rajasthan and 1,000 hectare in Jammu & Kashmir as on October 28, the seeding data elaborated.
For this rabi season, area sown to pulses remained higher at 8.82 lakh hectare against 5.91 lakh hectare in the year-ago period. Among pulses, the gram was planted in 6.96 lakh hectare against 5.91 lakh hectare a year ago.
Regarding oilseeds, about 19.69 lakh hectare was sown to six types of oilseeds, higher than 15.13 lakh hectare in the year-ago period. Much of the area was sown to rapeseed and mustard at 18.99 lakh hectare compared to 14.21 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
The data further highlighted that rice was planted on 4.02 lakh hectare as compared to 3.54 lakh hectare a year before, while coarse cereals were put on 4.68 lakh hectare as opposed to 2.31 lakh hectare.
As of October 28, this rabi season, the overall area covered by all rabi crops was still larger at 37.75 lakh hectare than the 27.24 lakh hectares it was during the same time last year.
After the field is cleared following the harvest of the Kharif crops, sowing is expected to increase in the upcoming weeks.
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