Area under Kharif crops in Telangana is 9.14 lakh hectares behind last year
01-Aug-2024 04:54 PM
Hyderabad. Despite normal monsoon rains in Telangana, an important agricultural producing state of South India, the total production area under Kharif crops could reach only 74.66 lakh hectares by 31 July 2024, which is 9.14 lakh hectares less than the sowing area of 83.80 lakh hectares during the same period last year.
There has been a decrease in the area under almost all major crops there. According to the latest data of the State Agriculture Department, during the current Kharif season,
compared to last year, paddy production area in Telangana dropped from 21.34 lakh hectares to 16.92 lakh hectares, area under coarse cereals slipped from 4.43 lakh hectares to 4.15 lakh hectares, sowing area under oilseeds dropped from 4.30 lakh hectares to 3.77 lakh hectares and cotton area dropped from 43.04 lakh hectares to 40.90 lakh hectares, but production area under pulses improved from 4.71 lakh hectares to 4.81 lakh hectares.
Among coarse cereals, sowing area under sorghum improved from 18 thousand hectares to 31 thousand hectares, but area under maize dropped from 4.24 lakh hectares to 3.83 lakh hectares.
Similarly, among pulse crops, the area under moong increased from 43 thousand hectares to 61 thousand hectares and the area under urad improved from 16 thousand hectares to 19 thousand hectares, but the production area under pigeon pea (tuvar) fell from 4.10 lakh hectares to 4.01 lakh hectares.
Among oilseed crops, the production area under soybean declined from 4.24 lakh hectares to 3.66 lakh hectares. Although the production area under groundnut, sesame, castor and sugarcane has increased, their cultivation is done in a limited area.
Telangana is mainly famous for the production of paddy and cotton, while during the Kharif season, soybean and maize are also cultivated well there. Although overall,
Telangana has received normal rains during the southwest monsoon this time, but on one hand, the gap between two rains was more and on the other hand, there is a lack of rain in some districts.