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India: Wheat acreage marginally up at 26.55 mn ha in rabi season
Posted by Labels: Crops Rabi, India, Wheat
(Indian Express) The area under wheat has risen marginally to 26.55 million hectare so far in the current rabi (winter) season, but the acreage of oilseeds, pulses and coarse cereals remained lower over last year's period.
The Agriculture Ministry said farmers have sown wheat in 26.55 million hectare as on today, compared to 26.49 million hectare in the corresponding year-ago period.
Higher coverage has been reported from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand.
However, in the case of coarse cereals, oilseeds, pulses and paddy, coverage has not improved from the level achieved in the year-ago period.
According to the official data, area sown under coarse cereals remained down at 5.37 million hectare as on today, as against 5.79 million hectare in the same season last year.
Similarly, area under oilseeds stands lower at 7.79 million hectare, against 8.31 million hectare in the year-ago period.
Likewise, acreage of pulses has been lower at 13.41 million hectare as on December 23 from 13.52 million hectare in the same period of previous year.
The area under gram, which is a dominant pulse crop of rabi season, has been reported lower at 8.57 million hectare against 8.96 million hectare in the same period last year.
Acreage of rice was also down at 2.05 lakh hectare from 2.26 lakh hectare in the review period.
Rabi crops are sown from October and harvested during March-April. The government is targeting a production of 245 million tonnes during the crop year 2011-12 (July-June).
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