Good increase in sowing of Kharif oilseed crops

25-Jul-2024 01:40 PM

Mumbai. Solvent Extractors Association of India (C) has said that a good increase is being seen in the sowing area of ​​oilseed crops during the current Kharif season as compared to last year.

This time, till mid-July, there was almost normal rainfall in different parts of the country, which gave farmers an opportunity to increase the area of ​​oilseed crops. 

According to the president of the association, during the first one and a half months of the current monsoon season i.e. from June 1 to July 20, 2024, nine states of the country registered a decline of 20 to 49 percent compared to the normal average, which also includes Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Odisha and Bihar.

On the other hand, six states received more rainfall than the normal average, which also includes four provinces of South India.

Some provinces have received heavy surplus rain. According to the president, due to adequate rainfall in most of the producing areas of oilseed crops, farmers did not face difficulty in keeping the pace of sowing fast.

According to government data, in the current Kharif season, till July 15, the total production area of ​​oilseed crops jumped to 140.43 lakh hectares, which is much higher than the sowing area of ​​115.08 lakh hectares in the same period of the year 2023 and the area of ​​134.04 lakh hectares in the year 2022. Under this,

especially the area of ​​soybean jumped from 82.44 lakh hectares in 2023 and 99.35 lakh hectares in 2022 to 108.10 lakh hectares this time.

The area of ​​peanuts is also increasing, but despite the high market price and a huge increase in the minimum support price, there is an atmosphere of decline in the production area of ​​sesame.

Sowing of Kharif oilseed crops is going on and will continue more or less till the end of August. The increase in the area of ​​soybean is being considered a pleasant surprise.