.1 minutes checked out Final Updated: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.The region under kharif additionally improved in the course of the week ended August 23 as sowing was almost total in most plants. Information presented that till August 23, kharif crops have been sown in around 106.5 million hectares– nearly 2 percent much more than the area covered in the course of the very same time period last year however 2.81 per cent lower than the typical acreage (which is the standard of the last five years). The good news is actually that the locations under arhar, groundnut, soybean, and also cotton are much more than their five-year average.
Nevertheless, all eyes will get on the weather condition in the upcoming few weeks as excess storms in September could swamp industries and create lodging which misbehaves for the last return. Till August 27, the Southwest downpour has actually been 7 per cent much more than usual with Central and Southern India taping storms which were actually greater than 17 percent surplus until now in the season. Along with La Nina embeding in, the rains may even the score stronger.
First Published: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.