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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt estimates 2.8% dip in kharif crop output in 2017-18 -Sayantan Bera

Govt estimates 2.8% dip in kharif crop output in 2017-18 -Sayantan Bera

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published Published on Sep 27, 2017   modified Modified on Sep 27, 2017
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The agriculture ministry has estimated foodgrain production at 134.7 million tonnes for the 2017-18 kharif crop season, 2.8% lower than last year

New Delhi:
Production of kharif crops this year is likely to be lower than last year, the agriculture ministry said in its first advance estimates, with the only exception being sugarcane.

Production of foodgrains such as rice, pulses and coarse cereals is likely at 134.7 million tonnes in 2017-18, about 2.8% below last year’s record crop of 138.5 million tonnes, ministry estimates showed.

Production of oilseeds -- on which India is heavily import-dependent -- is likely to fall by 7.7%, from 22.4 million tonnes in 2016-17 to 20.68 million tonnes in 2017-18. For cotton, despite 19% higher sowing year-on-year by farmers (who reduced area under pulses), production is estimated to fall from 33 million bales (one bale equals 170 kg) last year to 32.3 million tonnes in 2017-18 due to lower productivity, the ministry said.

The lower summer crop of 2017-18 compared to the record harvest last year is likely due to the uneven spread of the June to September south-west monsoon, which waters over half of India’s crop area lacking assured irrigation.

So far, the monsoon has seen a deficit of just 5% compared to the 50-year average, but data from the India Meteorological Department showed that till Sunday, about 212 of the 630 districts in India from where data is received daily, have seen deficit rains of at least 20% compared to normal, while 100 districts have seen excess rains of 20% or more compared to normal.

Patchy rains in parts of India were also accompanied by floods leading to loss of lives and crops in Gujarat, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Rajasthan.

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