Kharif pulse output may dip 30%
Production of kharif pulses, including tur and urad, may dip up to 30% this year due to inadequate rainfall after the sowing, says an expert.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Production of kharif pulses, including tur and urad, may dip up to 30% this year due to inadequate rainfall after the sowing, says an expert.
Lack of rainfall in Maharashtra, north Karnataka and north Andhra Pradesh, the major producing areas of pulses, during June-July, just after the sowing, damaged the early seedlings, according to Karvy Comtrade���s Chowda Reddy. This early damage will affect the final output by 25-30%, he added.
According to government data, the production for tur, which is grown during kharif season, is expected to be 2.4 mt, against previous year���s 3.1 mt, down 23.3%. Urad output for 2008-09 is likely to be 0.8 mt, against 1.2 mt, a fall of 28.7%.
Moong output is expected to decline to 0.8 mt from last season���s 1.3 m. In 2008-09, total production of kharif pulses, including moong, is estimated at 4.7 mt, against 6.5 mt. The government, which had set a target of 5.9 mt production of kharif pulses, hopes that production will go up this year by the time the final output comes next year.
By the time the fourth advance estimates is released, the impression is that the production will improve. The first advance estimates are always little provisional, agriculture secretary T Nanda Kumar had said recently.
Lack of rainfall in Maharashtra, north Karnataka and north Andhra Pradesh, the major producing areas of pulses, during June-July, just after the sowing, damaged the early seedlings, according to Karvy Comtrade���s Chowda Reddy. This early damage will affect the final output by 25-30%, he added.
According to government data, the production for tur, which is grown during kharif season, is expected to be 2.4 mt, against previous year���s 3.1 mt, down 23.3%. Urad output for 2008-09 is likely to be 0.8 mt, against 1.2 mt, a fall of 28.7%.
Moong output is expected to decline to 0.8 mt from last season���s 1.3 m. In 2008-09, total production of kharif pulses, including moong, is estimated at 4.7 mt, against 6.5 mt. The government, which had set a target of 5.9 mt production of kharif pulses, hopes that production will go up this year by the time the final output comes next year.
By the time the fourth advance estimates is released, the impression is that the production will improve. The first advance estimates are always little provisional, agriculture secretary T Nanda Kumar had said recently.
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