-ThePrint.in Area under rice and pulses lower than last year, while oilseeds acreage has marginally increased in the June-October Kharif crop season. New Delhi: The South-West monsoon has seen 6 per cent above normal or long-period average (LPA) rains in India till 5 August this year, but geographical disparities have impacted planting of Kharif crops including rice, according to a new report from the Bank of Baroda. Area planted under cereals including rice...
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First wheat, now rice — hit by bad weather, output could fall by ‘10 mn tonnes’ this season -Sayantan Bera
-ThePrint.in A hit to India’s rice output could lead to a major policy overhaul as it arrives on the back of a lower wheat harvest. New Delhi: After a severe heat wave in April-May singed India’s wheat crop, leading to a ban on exports, planting of rice, the main rain-fed crop in the ongoing kharif season, has been hit due to patchy rains in several states. Major rice-growing states such as Uttar Pradesh,...
More »Monsoon 2022: Erratic rains may delay Odisha Kharif crops -Hrusikesh Mohanty
-Down to Earth Dry June led to late paddy transplantation; More than half of targetted acreage lie uncultivated A dry June followed by a rainy July might delay Kharif crops in Odisha this monsoon. Farmers in several districts, mainly the western and coastal areas, have yet to start paddy transplantation due to erratic rainfall. Through July 23, paddy was sown in 1.27 million hectares out of 3.5 million hectares planned by...
More »Monsoon 2022: Agriculture sector shed nearly 8 million jobs in June -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Sluggish monsoon; area sown down 15%; rural employment stares at meltdown There are disturbing signals of a potential meltdown of the country’s biggest employer and also food producer as the southwest monsoon enters its second week of the second month. Kharif sowing was down 15 per cent by July 7, in comparison to last year for the same period. Altogether, farmers didn’t sow in 6.3 million hectares (Ha) of farms. Sowing...
More »Paddy sowing down by 24%, oilseeds 20% due to less rains in some parts: Govt
-BusinessToday.in Paddy was sown in 95 lakh hectares and oilseeds in 97.56 lakh hectares in the same period of the 2021-22 crop year (July-June). The area under coverage for paddy declined 24 per cent to 72.24 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing Kharif sowing season, while oilseeds acreage is lower by 20 per cent at 77.80 lakh hectares because of delay in the progress of monsoon rains in some parts of...
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