Sowing is anticipated to select up within the coming weeks as soon as the land will get cleared after harvesting the Kharif crops.
Sowing is anticipated to select up within the coming weeks as soon as the land will get cleared after harvesting the Kharif crops.
Wheat has been sown in 54,000 hectare up to now within the ongoing rabi (winter) season of the 2022-23 crop 12 months, 59 per cent larger than 34,000 hectare within the year-ago interval, based on the agriculture ministry knowledge launched on Friday.
The sowing of wheat, the primary rabi crop, begins in October and harvesting in March-April. Apart from, gram and mustard are different main crops grown in the course of the rabi season (July-June).
Based on the most recent sowing knowledge, wheat sowing is underway in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir.
About 39,000 hectare was lined underneath wheat in Uttar Pradesh, 9,000 hectare in Uttarakhand, 2,000 hectare in Rajasthan and 1,000 hectare in Jammu & Kashmir as on October 28, the info confirmed.
Space sown to pulses remained larger at 8.82 lakh hectare up to now this rabi season in opposition to 5.91 lakh hectare within the year-ago interval. Amongst pulses, the gram was planted in 6.96 lakh hectare in opposition to 5.91 lakh hectare a 12 months in the past.
Within the case of oilseeds, about 19.69 lakh hectare was sown to 6 forms of oilseeds, larger than 15.13 lakh hectare within the year-ago interval. A lot of the world was sown to rapeseed and mustard at 18.99 lakh hectare in comparison with 14.21 lakh hectare within the year-ago interval.
Coarse cereals have been sown in 4.68 lakh hectare in opposition to 2.31 lakh hectare, whereas rice in 4.02 lakh hectare in opposition to 3.54 lakh hectare a 12 months in the past, the info confirmed.
The whole protection underneath all of the rabi crops remained larger at 37.75 lakh hectare as of October 28 this rabi season, larger than 27.24 lakh hectare within the year-ago interval.
Sowing is anticipated to select up within the coming weeks as soon as the land will get clear after harvesting the Kharif crops.
