Oilseed production rises 18% on better weather, irrigation coverage
The weather has finally looked up in India for raising oilseeds production. A conducive weather and better irrigation coverage helped the country to harvest 95.8 lakh tonne of oilseeds in the 2008-09 Rabi season, 18% higher than 81 lakh tonne in t...
By ET Bureau |
KOLKATA: The weather has finally looked up in India for raising oilseeds production. A conducive weather and better irrigation coverage helped the country to harvest 95.8 lakh tonne of oilseeds in the 2008-09 Rabi season, 18% higher than 81 lakh tonne in the previous season.
The hike in production comes on the back of bringing more areas under oilseeds in the current Rabi season. According to the latest estimate by Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade (COOIT), area under summer oilseeds crop increased by 2.67 lakh hectares to 98.24 lakh hectares from 95.57 lakh hectares in the previous year.
Part of the rise in oilseeds acreage may be attributed to efforts taken by various state governments, which now give importance to raising oilseeds output for reducing the yawning deficit in edible oils from domestic oilseeds production. This is to allow meeting internal demand.
The 18% rise in Rabi oilseeds output would help avoid a dent in total oilseeds production in the 2008-09 season (November-October), despite a drop in its production during the Kharif season.
According to the Solvent Extractors��� Association of India (SEA), the COOIT���s data which surfaced in the recently held conference on the edible oil industry makes it clear that the Kharif and Rabi seasons put together would see total oilseeds production in the current year increasing to 246.5 lakh tonne from 245.9 lakh tonne a year ago.
Rapeseed-mustard crop, with a 43% growth in production, contributed largely to the hike in Rabi oilseeds output in the current year. According to trade estimates, about 65.5 lakh tonne of rapeseed-mustard have been harvested this Rabi season, which was just 45.9 lakh tonne in the previous season.
This has helped to offset fall in groundnut production, which dropped by 3.2 lakh tonne to 17 lakh tonne in the current Rabi season from last year���s level of 20.2 lakh tonne. Cottonseed output, too, reduced to 86.8 lakh tonne from 99.2 lakh tonne.
The total vegetable oil availability from Kharif and Rabi oilseeds crops for the year 2008-09 is estimated at 82 lakh tonne.
The hike in production comes on the back of bringing more areas under oilseeds in the current Rabi season. According to the latest estimate by Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade (COOIT), area under summer oilseeds crop increased by 2.67 lakh hectares to 98.24 lakh hectares from 95.57 lakh hectares in the previous year.
Part of the rise in oilseeds acreage may be attributed to efforts taken by various state governments, which now give importance to raising oilseeds output for reducing the yawning deficit in edible oils from domestic oilseeds production. This is to allow meeting internal demand.
The 18% rise in Rabi oilseeds output would help avoid a dent in total oilseeds production in the 2008-09 season (November-October), despite a drop in its production during the Kharif season.
According to the Solvent Extractors��� Association of India (SEA), the COOIT���s data which surfaced in the recently held conference on the edible oil industry makes it clear that the Kharif and Rabi seasons put together would see total oilseeds production in the current year increasing to 246.5 lakh tonne from 245.9 lakh tonne a year ago.
Rapeseed-mustard crop, with a 43% growth in production, contributed largely to the hike in Rabi oilseeds output in the current year. According to trade estimates, about 65.5 lakh tonne of rapeseed-mustard have been harvested this Rabi season, which was just 45.9 lakh tonne in the previous season.
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This has helped to offset fall in groundnut production, which dropped by 3.2 lakh tonne to 17 lakh tonne in the current Rabi season from last year���s level of 20.2 lakh tonne. Cottonseed output, too, reduced to 86.8 lakh tonne from 99.2 lakh tonne.
The total vegetable oil availability from Kharif and Rabi oilseeds crops for the year 2008-09 is estimated at 82 lakh tonne.
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