After trailing for weeks, India’s paddy acreage up 3% for first time this year

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Indian government’s Khareef sowing data shows a significant improvement in rice cultivation which is likely to help ease the government’s concerns amid fears of lower production. The increase in the area of ​​rice comes in the wake of the ban on exporting white (raw) rice,

The total area under rice cultivation increased by 2.7 percent at 180.20 hectares, compared to 175.47 liters last year. Last year, rice acreage declined by 13 percent through the end of July due to drought-like conditions in many areas of the Eastern Province, yet final rice production increased.

Official data showed that sowing of all fall crops reached 733.42 liters as of Friday – up 1.2 percent from 724.99 liters in the same period last year. Up to 57 liters of rice was covered over the past week alone, which is almost the normal 60 liters during the third week of July.

Larger under-rice areas were reported from Madhya Pradesh (7.07 litres), Bihar (5.64 litres), Uttar Pradesh (4.07 litres), Telangana (1.20 litres), and West Bengal (0.62 litres). However, smaller areas have been reported from Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh.

pulsates down

Total areas under all pulses were down 9.8 percent at 85.85 liters from 95.22 liters. Arahar coverage saw the maximum among all pulses drop by 18.4 percent at 27.20 litres, as farmers in major producing countries wait for the rains. Moong recorded a decrease of 2 percent at 26.12 litres, while Aurad fell 9.7 percent to 22.91 litres.

Oilseed sowing increased by 3.3 percent at 160.41 liters. The area of ​​soybeans was reported to increase by 2.8 percent to 114.48 litres, and in peanuts by 1.2 percent to 34.94 litres.

The area under coarse grain increased by 4.8 percent to 134.91 liters (128.75 liters). Corn is also up, at 63 liters from 62.89 liters a year ago. Cotton came in at 109.69 liters as of Friday, down from 109.99 liters a year ago. Sugarcane acreage increased by 5 percent at 56 litres.