Gujarat Kharif Acreage Drops to 74.86 Lakh Hectares

12-Aug-2025 08:29 PM

Ahmedabad. In the western state of the country- Gujarat, the production area under Kharif crops has reduced by 2.22 lakh hectares from 77.08 lakh hectares last year and has got stuck at 74.86 lakh hectares till 11 August this year. Due to torrential rains and severe floods in some parts of the state, the fields are flooded and farmers are not getting success in cultivating any crop other than paddy.

According to the latest data of the state agriculture department, during the current Kharif season, the paddy production area in Gujarat improved from 8.42 lakh hectares to 8.44 lakh hectares as compared to last year.

However, the maize sowing area decreased from 2.85 lakh hectares to 2.72 lakh hectares, millet area slipped from 1.63 lakh hectares to 1.57 lakh hectares and sorghum area fell from 16 thousand hectares to 6 thousand hectares, due to which the total area of grain crops decreased from 13.18 lakh hectares to 12.89 lakh hectares.

Similarly, the production area of pulses crops also fell from 3.61 lakh hectares to 8.48 lakh hectares. Under this, the sowing area of Arhar (Tuvar) improved from 2.13 lakh hectares to 2.19 lakh hectares but the area of green gram slipped from 51 thousand hectares to 46 thousand hectares and the area of black gram reduced from 81 thousand hectares to 71 thousand hectares.

But with the help of groundnut, sowing of oilseed crops increased by 1.97 lakh hectares and its total production area increased from 24.97 lakh hectares to 26.94 lakh hectares.

Under this, the sowing area of groundnut increased from 19.07 lakh hectares to 20.54 lakh hectares and the area of castor increased from 2.44 lakh hectares to 3.27 lakh hectares,

but the area of sesame fell from 47 thousand hectares to 39 thousand hectares and the sowing area of soybean reduced from 2.98 lakh hectares to 2.73 lakh hectares. The vigorous sowing of castor is still going on in the state.

Apart from this, the cotton production area in Gujarat fell from 23.47 lakh hectares to 20.59 lakh hectares and the guar sowing area fell from 71 thousand hectares to 67 thousand hectares. Gujarat is the leading producer of groundnut, castor and cotton.