rabi sowing: India’s rabi crops sowing rises 4.4% led by wheat

Farmers in India have sown rabi crops throughout 620.62 lakh hectares as of Friday, a rise of 4.4 per cent year-on-year from the earlier cropping season, Union farm ministry knowledge confirmed. Throughout the identical interval final yr, the whole acreage was 594.62 lakh hectares.

The rise in crop space is throughout all crops with the very best in wheat. Out of the 25.99 lakh hectares improve in all rabi crops, the rise in wheat space is 9.65 lakh hectares from 302.61 to 312.26 lakh hectares.

Although the sowing of rabi crops remains to be beneath progress, the world introduced beneath wheat this yr (312.26) until 23-12-2022 is greater than the conventional rabi sown space (304.47) and the whole sown space of final yr (304.70).

The agriculture ministry stated the rise within the wheat space is assuring within the background of the disaster confronted by the world for wheat availability as a result of Russia-Ukraine struggle and for India’s personal meals safety. Report manufacturing of wheat can be anticipated this yr.

Within the oilseeds group, rapeseed and mustard contributed the utmost in growing the oilseed space throughout this Rabi season.

Mustard space elevated by 7.32 lakh hectares from 85.35 lakh hectares in 2021-22 to 92.67 lakh hectares in 2022-23. Out of 8.20 lakh hectares improve in space beneath oilseeds, rapeseed and mustard alone accounted for 7.32 lakh hectares.

“Implementation of Particular Mustard Mission for final 2 years is especially accountable for the renewed curiosity of farmers within the cultivation of mustard,” the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare stated in a press release on Friday.
The ministry stated well timed provide of high quality seeds, amongst others, are just a few of such interventions taken to extend agricultural manufacturing and productiveness and these interventions have contributed to the massive improve in space beneath rabi crops this yr.