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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Farmers across India are sowing more cotton, less oilseeds and pulses -Mridula Chari

Farmers across India are sowing more cotton, less oilseeds and pulses -Mridula Chari

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published Published on Sep 6, 2017   modified Modified on Sep 6, 2017
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Cotton acreage has increased by 18%.

As September comes around with the promise of the first harvests in a few weeks, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday indicate that the overall kharif season sowing acreage as of the end of August is 0.5% less than the previous year.

This year, farmers across India have moved decisively away from what were once profit-making crops such as oilseeds as well as jute, whose profit margins continue to remain insignificant. The equilibrium in sowing acreage comes almost entirely from an 18% increase in cotton acreage and 9% increase in sugarcane acreage.

This sowing acreage data only covers oilseeds and foodgrains such as cereals and pulses. Horticulture production, however, has outpaced other foodgrain production for five consecutive years now and is the reason for India’s continued agricultural growth.

Farmers across the country have chosen to invest more in cotton this year. The highest increase comes from Telangana, which has sown 18.24 lakh hectares of cotton against last year’s 12.5 lakh hectares, representing a 5% increase.

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Scroll.in, 5 September, 2017, https://scroll.in/article/849448/in-charts-farmers-across-india-are-sowing-more-cotton-less-oilseeds-and-pulses


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