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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Here's how kharif planting gets a monsoon booster across the country

Here's how kharif planting gets a monsoon booster across the country

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published Published on Jun 29, 2018   modified Modified on Jun 29, 2018
-Business Standard

In the case of paddy, the current bout of rain should push transplanting crops from nurseries in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar

Mumbai/ New Dehi: The southwest monsoon, after a relatively lull phase, has become active over the past two days in belts of eastern, central, northern and western India where mainly pulses, oilseeds, cotton, and paddy are grown. There are forecasts of heavy to very heavy rain.

In the case of paddy, the current bout of rain should push transplanting crops from nurseries in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are expecting a good paddy crop. There has been low sowing in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana because the monsoon became feeble after an early start. The sowing in Karnataka is brisk. However, in north Indian states of UP, Punjab and Haryana, delay in the arrival of the monsoon has not only increased the temperature above 40 degrees Celsius in the Indo-Gangetic plains but also affected the sowing of major kharif crops in the region. On the flip side, the late and erratic rain may affect overall sowing in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu targets higher foodgrain output

The Tamil Nadu government is targeting 11 million tonnes of food grains in 2018-19 as compared to 10.94 million tonnes in 2017-18 and 5.24 million tonnes in 2016-17. Besides food grains, oilseeds, cotton and sugarcane would account for 4.75 million tonnes. Production in 2018-19 would be aided by formulating region-specific and crop-specific technological interventions, said R Doraikkannu, agriculture minister, Tamil Nadu. Among food grains, rice will continue to lead. However, apart from the monsoon, the Cauvery system of irrigation is the major determinant of food grain production, especially paddy, in the Cauvery delta zone.

Maharashtra acreage may fall marginally

The overall acreage in Maharashtra may reduce. Despite a revival in rain over the past few days, “the acreage under kharif in Maharashtra is expected to remain marginally lower by 1-2 per cent with farmers moving from soya bean to cotton. While the government has set an ambitious target to make Maharashtra drought-free by 2019, sowing kharif crops will remain rain-dependent”, said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, Care Ratings.

The late arrival of the monsoon hit kharif crops’ early sowing. Farmers in Maharashtra are also sceptical about realisation at the time of harvesting kharif crops unless the recent upsurge in agri commodity prices encourages them to go in for aggressive sowing this year.

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Business Standard, 28 June, 2018, https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/here-s-how-kharif-planting-gets-a-monsoon-booster-across-the-country-118062800011_1.html


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