India’s Wheat plantation surge in rabi season

India’s Wheat plantation surge in rabi season

by admin- Monday, February 18th, 2019 08:05:04 PM

Sowing of Wheat, the main rabi crop, starts offevolved from October and harvesting from March-April. According to the modern-day facts, the Wheat sown vicinity reached 298.Forty seven lakh hectare to this point within the rabi season 2018-19 as in opposition to 299.Eighty four lakh hectare a 12 months ago.

Farmers have planted Wheat in 99.13 lakh hectare in Uttar Pradesh, 59.11 lakh hectare in Madhya Pradesh, 35.02 lakh hectare in Punjab, 25.16 lakh hectare in Haryana and 22.Fifty six lakh hectare in Bihar up to now.

However, sowing of Rice, Pulses, Coarse Cereals and Oilseeds remained barely lower than the yr-in the past period, the ministry said in a declaration.

In the case of Pulses, approximately 156.30 lakh hectare turned into included till February 14 of this season, decrease than 166.11 lakh hectare a yr ago. Gram, Urad, Lentil and Moong are primary rabi pulses. Oilseeds acreage was at eighty.Forty lakh hectare thus far this season, close to eighty.Ninety eight lakh hectare inside the year-ago season.

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