.1 minutes read Final Updated: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.The area under kharif additionally boosted during the week finished August 23 as sowing was practically comprehensive in the majority of crops. Records presented that till August 23, kharif plants have been actually sown in around 106.5 million hectares-- almost 2 per-cent much more than the area dealt with throughout the exact same time frame in 2015 but 2.81 per-cent lower than the normal acreage (which is actually the average of the final five years). The bright side is that the regions under arhar, groundnut, soy bean, as well as cotton are much more than their five-year average. Nonetheless, all eyes are going to be on the climate in the following few full weeks as excess rainfalls in September could flood fields and create lodging which is bad for the ultimate yield. Till August 27, the South west downpour has been actually 7 per cent greater than usual with Central as well as Southern India tape-recording rainfalls which were actually more than 17 per-cent excess until now in the time. Along with La Nina embeding in, the rains may even the score stronger.
1st Published: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.