Area under Rabi oilseed crop increases: Report

Trade body the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) has said in its report that the area under Rabi oilseed crop for 2016 -17 has gone up by by 7.14% to 91.9 lakh hectares as compared to 85.77 lakh hectares in the previous year.

The SEA report says that Rabi groundnut crop has increased to 15.45 lakh tones from 12.40 lakh tones of last year, up by 3.05 lakh tones and rapeseed-mustard including taramira crop increased to 69.71 lakh tones from 58.00 lakh tones of last year, up by 11.71 lakh tones.

Rabi sunflowerseed crop decreased to 1.30 lakh tones from 2.40 lakh tones of last year, down by 1.10 lakh tones, while Rabi sesameseed crop marginally increased to 2.30 lakh tones from 2.25 lakh tones of last year, up by 0.05 lakh tones.

The report adds that the overall Rabi oilseeds crop 2016-17 has increased by 18.53% to 91.76 lakh tones from 77.41 lakh tones last year, up by 14.35 lakh tones, thanks to higher rapeseed crop.