Wheat sowing only major aberration
New Delhi: The threat of lower soil moisture levels and delays in kharif harvests across States seem to be having an adverse impact on rabi sowing. Most crops barring one or two saw lower acreage under planting till the end of the week, according to data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday.
During the current rabi season, farmers have planted only around 85 lakh hectares (LH), which is 8.7 per cent lower than the 93 LH covered till the corresponding week last year.
Wheat sowing, which is 59 per cent higher than till this week in the previous season, is probably the only major aberration.
The only other crop whose acreage is better than it was in the previous season is mustard/rapeseed, which pushed the area under oilseeds cultivation by 1.9 per cent till the end of the current week.
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