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El Nino fear pushes farmers in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram towards water-saving paddy methodsFarmers in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts are shifting to water-saving rice farming techniques. Facing potential El...
India's rice stocks climb to record high; wheat inventories at five-year peakIndia's government warehouses hold record rice stocks, up 15% from last year. Wheat inventories are at a five-year peak. These abundant res...
Kharif reset: Farmers may ditch paddy and maize for soybean, pulses amid monsoon fearsAs the kharif season approaches, farmers are leaning towards cultivating oilseeds like soybean and pulses such as urad and masur, primarily...
Paddy acreage rises 4.28 pc, cotton area lags in kharif season so far: Govt dataFarmers have expanded paddy cultivation by 4.28% to 33.18 million hectares for the 2024-25 kharif season, driven by favorable monsoon forec...
Paddy acreage up 3% to 411.52 lakh hectare so far this kharif sowing season, pulses area down 5%According to data from the agricultural ministry, the area planted with paddy has increased by over 3% so far during the current kharif sow...
Area under paddy up 4.4 pc, pulses down 8.3 pc this kharif season: GovtArea under paddy crop increased by 4.4 per cent to 384.05 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season despite a lag in Andhra Pradesh...
Paddy sowing up 3 pc to 180 lakh hectares till Jul 21 in Kharif season; pulses area down 10 pc to 86 lakh hectaresThe paddy acreage stood at 175.47 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year. Pulses area was 95.22 lakh hectares in the same peri...
Area under paddy down 26% so far this kharif seasonThe area under paddy cultivation in India has decreased by 26% during the ongoing kharif season due to slow progress of the southwest monso...
Paddy acreage falls 4.76 per cent in Kharif season this yearThe paddy acreage stood at 423.04 lakh hectares (LH) in last year's Kharif season. The agriculture ministry on Friday released the final ar...
Paddy acreage down 17% so far in kharif season, says official dataIn non-food grains category, the area under coverage for oilseeds has grown 7.38 per cent to 134.04 LH from 124.83 LH. Under oilseeds, soya...
Rabi sowing touches new record at 67.5 million hectaresThe paddy acreage has also gone up sharply by 15.24% from last year but significantly down by more than 28% as compared to average area dur...
Kharif pulses sowing up by 11 per centAmid rising prices, the sowing of pulses has increased by 11 per cent while paddy acreage has risen marginally so far this kharif season.
Rice sowing declines by 38 per cent to 21.91 lakh hectares so farBesides Mizoram where there was marginal increase in the area under paddy, all other states have reported decrease in the paddy.
Good monsoon may pave way for higher land useAs per the second advance estimate, rice production fell to 101.80 million tonne in 2012 compared to 105.31 million tonne in 2011.
- Kharif sowing picks up on good rains
As the country gears up for the festival season, there is good news from the agriculture sector, the backbone of the Indian economy.
- Acreage rises for cotton, shrinks for paddy
In kharif season, paddy area will shrink in Punjab & Haryana; acreage under oilseeds, guar, soyabean, maize, jowar & bajra may decrease
- Pulses acreage up in a marked manner, by 24%, paddy by 9.08%
According to data received from the states, paddy acreage has shown an increase of 9.08% compared to the same time last year.
- Paddy acreage withers despite rainy days
Good rains towards end-August and early September notwithstanding, kharif paddy acreage this year is down by a marked 63 lakh hectares comp...
- Paddy acreage dips by 57 lakh hectares on drought like situation
Paddy areas across the country has gone down by 57 lakh hectares so far this kharif season due to drought like conditions in parts of Uttar...
Kharif foodgrain output won't fall sharplyCountry's average annual kharif foodgrain output may not see a sharp drop.