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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Monsoon boosts kharif pulses sowing by 40% -Sayantan Bera

Monsoon boosts kharif pulses sowing by 40% -Sayantan Bera

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published Published on Jul 26, 2016   modified Modified on Jul 26, 2016
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Pulses have been sown in an area of 9 million hectares, substantially higher than the 6.5 million hectares planted by this time last year

New Delhi:
Bountiful rains across the country have boosted sowing of pulses and the area under different varieties is nearly 40% more than last year, shows data released by the agriculture ministry on Friday.

So far pulses have been sown in an area of 9 million hectares, substantially higher than the 6.5 million hectares planted by this time last year. Normally, an area of 10.8 million hectares is sown with pulses every year, and this year’s planting can set a record if the rains are ample and well spread out.

Higher sowing of kharif pulses like arhar (pigeon pea) and urad (black gram) can also help tame prices which shot up over the past year due to deficit rains impacting production in 2014 and 2015.

The data shows that farmers across states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have planted more pulses compared to the year before.

The area under arhar, the main pulse variety grown during the kharif season, is 53% more than last year, the data shows. Recently, the government approached countries like Mozambique and Myanmar to arrange for arhar supplies to cool prices in the domestic market.

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Livemint.com, 23 July, 2016, http://www.livemint.com/Politics/FRD3ZBH65HD7yFCflHAJPI/Monsoon-boosts-kharif-pulses-sowing-by-40.html


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