NEW DELHI, Jan 14 (Commoditiescontrol) - Total area sown with the ongoing Rabi season crops rose 1.24 percent to 664.59 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 656.44 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 100.27 lakh hectare so far (till Jan 14) this rabi season, 21.78 percent higher than 82.34 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Pulses were sown in 160.20 lakh hectare so far in the 2021-22 rabi season, as against 160.13 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
However, area under wheat, coarse cereals and paddy so far was reported lower than the year-ago period, the data showed.
Wheat has been sown in 336.4 lakh hectare so far in the rabi season of 2021-22 as against 340.74 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Paddy was planted in 19.82 lakh hectare so far this rabi season as against 24.33 lakh hectare in the year ago period, while that of coarse cereals in 47.82 lakh hectare as against 48.91 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
|
336.48
|
340.74
|
-1.25
|
-4.26
|
|
Rice
|
35.23
|
42.51
|
19.82
|
24.33
|
-18.54
|
-4.51
|
|
Pulses
|
167.38
|
146.14
|
160.20
|
160.13
|
0.04
|
0.07
|
|
Gram
|
112.00
|
95.66
|
111.61
|
107.78
|
3.55
|
3.83
|
|
Lentil
|
16.54
|
13.90
|
17.32
|
16.72
|
3.59
|
0.60
|
|
Fieldpea
|
10.69
|
8.03
|
9.92
|
10.28
|
-3.50
|
-0.36
|
|
Kulthi
|
3.88
|
2.00
|
3.53
|
3.78
|
-6.61
|
-0.25
|
|
Uradbean
|
8.09
|
9.07
|
6.90
|
7.45
|
-7.38
|
-0.55
|
|
Moongbean
|
6.59
|
9.41
|
3.23
|
5.26
|
-38.59
|
-2.03
|
|
Lathyrus
|
3.14
|
3.62
|
3.37
|
3.09
|
9.06
|
0.28
|
|
Other Pulses
|
6.44
|
4.44
|
4.34
|
5.77
|
-24.78
|
-1.43
|
|
Coarse Cereals
|
51.68
|
56.05
|
47.82
|
48.91
|
-2.23
|
-1.09
|
|
Jowar
|
27.18
|
31.75
|
23.85
|
26.68
|
-10.61
|
-2.83
|
|
Bajra
|
0.21
|
0.00
|
0.17
|
0.17
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Ragi
|
0.51
|
0.00
|
0.41
|
0.51
|
-19.61
|
-0.10
|
|
Maize
|
16.94
|
18.15
|
16.66
|
14.86
|
12.11
|
1.80
|
|
Barley
|
6.84
|
6.14
|
6.72
|
6.69
|
0.45
|
0.03
|
|
Oilseeds
|
83.95
|
77.38
|
100.27
|
82.34
|
21.78
|
17.93
|
|
Rapeseed/Mustard
|
73.94
|
61.55
|
90.45
|
72.93
|
24.02
|
17.52
|
|
Groundnut
|
4.76
|
7.05
|
4.46
|
4.37
|
2.06
|
0.09
|
|
Safflower
|
0.59
|
0.90
|
0.71
|
0.58
|
22.41
|
0.13
|
|
Sunflower
|
1.04
|
1.86
|
1.08
|
0.97
|
11.34
|
0.11
|
|
Sesame
|
0.48
|
3.35
|
0.38
|
0.42
|
-9.52
|
-0.04
|
|
Linseed
|
2.94
|
2.53
|
2.81
|
2.74
|
2.55
|
0.07
|
|
Other Oilseeds
|
0.21
|
0.12
|
0.37
|
0.33
|
12.12
|
0.04
|
|
Total
|
684.59
|
625.14
|
664.59
|
656.44
|
1.24
|
8.15
|
Note: Normal: Total Average Area of Last Five Years
Previous: Sowing as on Last Year Same Week
(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau)
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