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Kharif crops sowing acreage down by 5.69 lakh hectare
25-Jun-2023 - 0 Comments.
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 23 June 2023, which revealed that sowing of Kharif crops up to 23 June 2023 is down by 5.69 lakh hectare at 10.77 lakh hectare, as compared to 16.46 lakh hectare sowed up to 23 June 2022.
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Singatalur Lift Irrigation Drip Scheme enables maize farmers to get higher yields with reduced input costs
21-Jul-2022 - 0 Comments.In India, maize is predominantly a Kharif crop, with almost 85 percent under cultivation, whereas rabi maize corresponds to 15% of the area. Despite having the largest area under maize cultivation, the yield per hectare is still lower than the world average.
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Odisha government earmark 12.5L hectare farmland, 8 Kharif crops under PM Fasal Bima Yojana
04-Jul-2021 - 0 Comments.
The State government has targeted to cover 12.5 lakh hectares of agricultural land under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the Kharif 2021 to provide security cover to farmers against possible crop loss due to the vagaries of nature.
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Govt estimates 63.97 lakh tonnes of Oranges production during 2019-20
22-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.
As per Third Advance Estimates 2019-20, India's orange output has been pegged at 63.97 lakh tonnes from the total land under Orange (Mandarin Orange/Kinnow) of 4.79 Lakh Hectare.
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India's Rabi crops sowing area increases by 3.59 million hectare
01-Jan-2020 - 0 Comments.
As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as, on 27 December 2019 stands at 57.18 million hectares, as compared to 53.63 million hectares for the corresponding period last year.
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GM cotton crops touches 34.88 million tonnes bales in 2017-18
08-Jan-2019 - 0 Comments.
With the usage of genetically modified (GM) cotton crops, the productivity of cotton increased from 191 kg per hectare in 2002-03 to 477 kg per hectare in 2017-18 and the production of cotton has been increased from 8.62 million bales in 2002-03 to 34.88 bales in 2017-18 due to the adoption of Bt. cotton in the country
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Indian Rabi crops sowing posted at 44.22 MN hectares
11-Dec-2017 - 0 Comments.
The total area sown under Rabi crops as on 8 December, 2017 stands at 44.22 million (MN) hectares as compared to 44.84 million hectare this time in 2016.
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India's kharif crop sowing up to 22.23 MN hectares
01-Jul-2017 - 0 Comments.
India's total sown area as on June 30, 2017, as per reports received from States, stands at 22.23 million hectare, as compared to 18.70 million hectare at this time last year.
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India's rabi crops sowing crosess 61.6 MN hectares
13-Jan-2017 - 0 Comments.
As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on January 13, 2017 stands at 61.62 million hectares, as compared to 58.19 million hectare this time in 2016.
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India rabi crops sowing crosses 60.2 MN hectares
08-Jan-2017 - 0 Comments.As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on January 7, 2017 stands at 60.27 million hectares as compared to 56.58 million hectare this time in 2016.
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