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Rains likely to mean problem for kharif land area in India, shows information Agriculture

.1 minutes checked out Final Updated: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.The place under kharif even further improved during the week finished August 23 as sowing was actually practically comprehensive in most plants. Records revealed that till August 23, kharif crops have been sown in around 106.5 thousand hectares-- just about 2 per cent greater than the region covered during the same time period in 2015 but 2.81 per-cent lower than the typical land area (which is actually the standard of the last five years). The good news is actually that the regions under arhar, groundnut, soy bean, as well as cotton are actually more than their five-year average. Nevertheless, all eyes are going to perform the climate in the next handful of full weeks as surplus rainfalls in September can swamp areas as well as induce lodging which is bad for the final yield. Till August 27, the South west downpour has been actually 7 percent greater than regular along with Central and also Southern India videotaping rainfalls which were greater than 17 per-cent surplus thus far in the period. Along with La Nina setting in, the rainfalls might get even more powerful.
First Posted: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.