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Sowing of kharif crops up at 885 lakh hectares

-The Hindu Business Line

New Delhi: Sowing of kharif crops in the first week of August remained on track as rains continued to be plentiful and acreage under most major crops such as rice, pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds posted a rise compared to the previous year.

Total acreage under kharif crops till August 5 this year at 885.29 lakh hectares (lh) compared to 841.65 lh sowed in the same period last year.

Cotton was the only crop where acreage declined considerably to 96.48 lh till August 5 this year compared to 105.68 lh in the same period last year. Many farmers sowing cotton switched to other crops because of last year’s damage to the Bt cotton crop by whiteflies in Punjab and Haryana.

Pulse acreage continued to be high with total acreage in the period rising to 121.10 lh (89.72 lh).

Rice acreage increased to 281.95 lh (276.10 lh).

Sowing of coarse cereals till August 5 rose to 163.77 lh compared to 158.66 lh in the same period of the previous year. Oilseeds acreage too gained at 167.58 lh (157.65 lh).

While sugarcane sowing increased marginally from 46.87 lh to 46.11 lh in the same period last year, jute sowing edged down to 7.55 lh to 7.73 lh.