Rabi season coarse cereals area slightly behind last year

28-Jan-2025 05:37 PM

New Delhi. After fluctuating, Rabi season coarse cereals area finally reached very close to last year, for which mainly good increase in maize area can be held responsible.

There was a huge decline in the area of ​​sorghum and barley area also lagged behind, but maize sowing area increased by about 2 lakh hectares, which was already expected.

According to official data, in the current Rabi season, the total production area of ​​coarse cereals including Shri Anna reached 55.67 lakh hectares, which is 22 thousand hectares less than the sowing area of ​​55.89 lakh hectares in the same period last year, but 2.21 lakh hectares more than the normal average area of ​​53.46 lakh hectares.

The sowing process is almost over. In comparison to last year, during the current Rabi season, the production area of ​​Jowar (Sorghum) decreased from 26.60 lakh hectares to 24.35 lakh hectares and the area of ​​Barley decreased from 6.70 lakh hectares to 6.62 lakh hectares,

but the sowing area of ​​Maize increased from 21.75 lakh hectares to 23.67 lakh hectares. Compared to the normal average area, the production area of ​​Jowar remained almost the same, but the sowing area of ​​Maize and Barley increased.

In the Rabi season, along with Bajra and Ragi, the cultivation of Small Millets is also done in a limited area, whereas its production mainly takes place in the Kharif season. In the Kharif season, the cultivation of Jowar and Maize is also done on a large scale.

There is a tremendous industrial demand for Maize, due to which its price is much higher than the minimum support price of Rs 2225 per quintal.