Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, touched 27.Eight million hectare (ha) to date in this season, about ninety% of the regular sowing location beneath this crop, in step with trendy agriculture ministry information.

The vicinity sown to wheat crop is higher than 25 million hectare covered within the yr-in the past length.

Currently, farmers are planting rabi crops, sowing of which commonly starts offevolved from October and harvesting from April onwards.

According to the ministry’s information, greater region coverage below wheat crop has been reported from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

The modern low temperature within the developing regions is anticipated to enhance the prospects of wheat crop, said the ministry reputable.

Besides wheat, rice has additionally been protected in more place at 1 23 million hectare so far inside the ongoing rabi season of the 2019-20 crop yr (July-June) from 1 million hectare in the year-ago period.

Sowing of pulses remained flat at thirteen .1 million hectare thus far.

Coverage of coarse cereals has been barely higher at four.3 million hectare as towards 4 million hectare, even as that of region under oilseeds remained decrease at 7.1 million hectare as in opposition to 7.Three million hectare inside the said length.

Total location sown to all rabi crops reached 537.21 lakh hectare to date in this rabi season, higher than 504.Sixty nine lakh hectare a year ago, the facts confirmed.

It may be referred to that rabi vegetation have been sown in extra than ninety in keeping with cent of its ordinary sowing vicinity of 634 lakh hectare.