NEW DELHI, Jan 7 (Commoditiescontrol) - Total area sown with the ongoing Rabi season crops rose 0.91 percent to 652.16 lakh hectare so far, driven by higher acreage in case of oilseeds.
Sowing of Rabi season crops starts from October. In the year-ago period, the acreage stood at 646.23 lakh hectare.
Wheat is the main winter or rabi crop. Pulses, such as gram, urad, moong as well as oilseeds like rapeseed & mustard, groundnut and sunflower, are other rabi crops grown in this season.
According to the sowing data released by the ministry, oilseeds were sown in 98.85 lakh hectare so far (till Jan 7) this rabi season, 21.05 percent higher than 81.66 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
However, area under pulses, wheat, coarse cereals and paddy so far was reported lower than the year-ago period, the data showed.
Wheat has been sown in 333.97 lakh hectare so far in the rabi season of 2021-22 as against 339.81 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Pulses were sown in 156.23 lakh hectare so far in the 2021-22 rabi season, as against 157.75 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Paddy was planted in 16.44 lakh hectare so far this rabi season as against 18.69 lakh hectare in the year ago period, while that of coarse cereals in 46.68 lakh hectare as against 48.32 lakh hectare in the said period.
Rabi Crops (Area in Lakh Hectare)
|
Crop
|
Rabi 20-21
|
Normal
|
Current
|
Previous
|
Change %
|
Change (Lakh Ha)
|
|
Wheat
|
346.36
|
303.06
|
333.97
|
339.81
|
-1.72
|
-5.84
|
|
Rice
|
35.23
|
42.51
|
16.44
|
18.69
|
-12.04
|
-2.25
|
|
Pulses
|
167.38
|
146.14
|
156.23
|
157.75
|
-0.96
|
-1.52
|
|
Gram
|
112.00
|
95.66
|
109.44
|
107.17
|
2.12
|
2.27
|
|
Lentil
|
16.54
|
13.90
|
17.13
|
16.69
|
2.64
|
0.44
|
|
Fieldpea
|
10.69
|
8.03
|
9.74
|
10.21
|
-4.60
|
-0.47
|
|
Kulthi
|
3.88
|
2.00
|
3.40
|
3.72
|
-8.60
|
-0.32
|
|
Uradbean
|
8.09
|
9.07
|
6.34
|
6.97
|
-9.04
|
-0.63
|
|
Moongbean
|
6.59
|
9.41
|
2.67
|
4.34
|
-38.48
|
-1.67
|
|
Lathyrus
|
3.14
|
3.62
|
3.37
|
3.07
|
9.77
|
0.30
|
|
Other Pulses
|
6.44
|
4.44
|
4.13
|
5.58
|
-25.99
|
-1.45
|
|
Coarse Cereals
|
51.68
|
56.05
|
46.68
|
48.32
|
-3.39
|
-1.64
|
|
Jowar
|
27.18
|
31.75
|
23.48
|
26.38
|
-10.99
|
-2.90
|
|
Bajra
|
0.21
|
0.00
|
0.17
|
0.17
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Ragi
|
0.51
|
0.00
|
0.38
|
0.47
|
-19.15
|
-0.09
|
|
Maize
|
16.94
|
18.15
|
15.94
|
14.61
|
9.10
|
1.33
|
|
Barley
|
6.84
|
6.14
|
6.71
|
6.68
|
0.45
|
0.03
|
|
Oilseeds
|
83.95
|
77.38
|
98.85
|
81.66
|
21.05
|
17.19
|
|
Rapeseed/Mustard
|
73.94
|
61.55
|
89.71
|
72.79
|
23.24
|
16.92
|
|
Groundnut
|
4.76
|
7.05
|
3.99
|
3.98
|
0.25
|
0.01
|
|
Safflower
|
0.59
|
0.90
|
0.70
|
0.57
|
22.81
|
0.13
|
|
Sunflower
|
1.04
|
1.86
|
1.05
|
0.93
|
12.90
|
0.12
|
|
Sesame
|
0.48
|
3.35
|
0.35
|
0.38
|
-7.89
|
-0.03
|
|
Linseed
|
2.94
|
2.53
|
2.71
|
2.69
|
0.74
|
0.02
|
|
Other Oilseeds
|
0.21
|
0.12
|
0.34
|
0.32
|
6.25
|
0.02
|
|
Total
|
684.59
|
625.14
|
652.16
|
646.23
|
0.92
|
5.93
|
Note: Normal: Total Average Area of Last Five Years
Previous: Sowing as on Last Year Same Week
(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau)
0 Comments 
Post Comment 
