Kharif crop sowing likely to increase with good monsoon rains

13-Jul-2024 10:40 AM

New Delhi. With the increasing activity and dynamism of the southwest monsoon, good rains are falling in various parts of the country, which is providing farmers with a great opportunity to increase the production area of ​​major Kharif crops.

Like previous years, this time also farmers are giving more emphasis on the cultivation of those commodities whose market price is either high or is expected to increase in the future. In the current Kharif season, priority is being given to sowing of paddy,

pulses and oilseeds crops. Among coarse grains, the area of ​​maize is increasing. The area of ​​sugarcane has increased a bit, but now its sowing has come to a standstill. There is doubt over the area of ​​cotton. In the initial phase,

there were signs of increase in its area, but now the scope of increase is gradually shrinking. Similarly, after the initial increase in sowing of soybean in oilseed crops, some sluggishness is now being seen.

Sowing of groundnut has started gaining momentum in top producing states like Gujarat and Rajasthan, due to which there is a possibility of some increase in the area. In the current Kharif season, there is a possibility of a good increase in the sowing area of ​​pulses crops,

especially pigeon pea (tuvar) and black gram, because firstly its market price is running at a very high level and the government has increased the minimum support price to Rs 7550 and Rs 7400 per quintal respectively and secondly,

the major producing states - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh etc. are also receiving good monsoon rains.

As far as the most important food grain - paddy is concerned, its cultivation is expected to be normal in all the traditional areas,

but due to less rainfall in some parts of Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, there is doubt about the increase in its area.