26 lakh 02 thousand hectares of Kharif crops have been sown in the state, which is 54 percent of the target. So far, paddy has been sown in 21 lakh 87 thousand hectares under Kharif crops. Apart from this, sowing of coarse cereals in 1 lakh 61 thousand hectares, pulses in 1 lakh 5 thousand hectares, oilseeds in 74 thousand hectares and vegetable and other crops in 76 thousand hectares has been completed. The state has so far recorded 440.7 mm of average rainfall in the current rainy season, which is 117 per cent of the 10-year average of 377.9 mm for the same period. This year the sowing of Kharif crops has been affected due to the disorientation of monsoon in the early days of the rainy season. Last year, in Kharif season-2021, as on July 18, crops were sown in 29 lakh 24 thousand hectares in the state. According to the information received by the Agriculture Department, as on July 18, maize has been sown in 3 lakh 14 thousand hectare and other crops in 1 lakh 46 thousand hectare in the state. Under pulses crops, tur in 70 thousand hectares, urad in 29 thousand hectares and other pulses crops have been sown in 5 thousand hectares. Similarly, soyabean has been sown in 36,000 hectares, groundnut in 32,000 hectares and other oilseed crops in 5000 hectares. It is worth mentioning that in the Kharif season 2022, the target of sowing of Kharif crops is fixed in 48 lakh 20 thousand hectare, in which paddy in 33 lakh 61 thousand hectare, maize in 3 lakh 14 thousand hectare, other cereal crops in 1 lakh 46 thousand hectare. , Arhar in 1 lakh 70 thousand hectares, urad in 2 lakh 10 thousand hectares, soybean in 70 thousand hectares, groundnut in 72 thousand hectares, other oilseed crops in 1 lakh 26 thousand hectares and vegetables and crops in 2 lakh 83 thousand hectares. target of sowing. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading