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Rabi wheat cultivation higher this year

Special Correspondent

States have reported wheat sowing on 250.06 lakh hectares

NEW DELHI: Wheat has been cultivated on 31.22 lakh more hectares this rabi season than last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

States have reported wheat sowing on 250.06 lakh hectares compared to 218.84 lakh hectares during the corresponding period last year.

Higher coverage has been reported from Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Oilseeds

However, sowing of oilseeds is lower at 89.4 lakh hectares compared to 97.8 lakh hectares last year due to lower coverage under rapeseed and mustard.

Rabi rice is also higher at 7.61 lakh hectares so far against 6.31 lakh hectares.

Coarse cereals

The average cultivation of coarse cereals is more this year except for the area sown under jowar. The total coverage this year is 65.5 lakh hectares against 62.11 lakh hectares, while the jowar cultivation is 46.9 lakh hectares against 47.57 lakh hectares last year.

Till last Thursday, the coverage under pulses was 122.6 lakh hectares against 120.6 lakh hectares last year.

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