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Rains most likely to mean problem for kharif acreage in India, reveals records Farming

.1 minutes read Last Improved: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.The area under kharif better strengthened throughout the week ended August 23 as sowing was actually nearly complete in the majority of plants. Data showed that till August 23, kharif crops have actually been raised in around 106.5 thousand hectares-- virtually 2 percent more than the area dealt with during the very same time period in 2015 but 2.81 percent less than the typical property (which is the standard of the final 5 years). The good news is actually that the places under arhar, groundnut, soy bean, as well as cotton are much more than their five-year standard. However, all eyes will certainly perform the weather in the following couple of full weeks as surplus storms in September can flood industries as well as lead to hotels which misbehaves for the final return. Till August 27, the Southwest downpour has actually been actually 7 per-cent much more than normal with Central and also Southern India recording rains which were more than 17 per-cent excess so far in the period. With La Nina embeding in, the storms might get back at stronger.
First Published: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.