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Rains most likely to mean trouble for kharif acreage in India, reveals data Agriculture

.1 minutes reviewed Final Updated: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.The area under kharif additionally boosted throughout the full week ended August 23 as sowing was actually nearly full in a lot of crops. Data revealed that till August 23, kharif crops have actually been actually sown in around 106.5 thousand hectares-- practically 2 per-cent much more than the location dealt with throughout the very same time period last year but 2.81 per cent lower than the normal land area (which is actually the standard of the last five years). Fortunately is actually that the regions under arhar, peanut, soy bean, and cotton are actually greater than their five-year standard. Having said that, all eyes will certainly get on the weather in the next handful of full weeks as excess storms in September could swamp areas and create hotels which misbehaves for the last yield. Till August 27, the South west monsoon has been 7 percent much more than normal along with Central and Southern India videotaping rains which were actually greater than 17 per cent excess thus far in the period. With Los angeles Nina embeding in, the rainfalls might get even more powerful.
1st Published: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.