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Wheat sowing area increased by 11%.

NEW DELHI:  Wheat sowing area touches 33 million hectares in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

A senior agriculture department official said that “Due to good monsoon this year, water storage in major reservoirs is 155% more than last year leading to availability of better irrigation facilities. This has encouraged farmers to sow wheat across more area. We expect a record production more than last year’s output of 102 million tones.  According to latest data released by agriculture department, the overall area has also gone up by 8.5% to 64.1 million hectare, raising hopes of a bumper Rabi harvest.”

He further added “Rise in acreage is seen in almost all the crops. The acreage of pulses has risen by 5.2% while area under coarse cereals has increased by 13.5%. Cold weather along with rains is good for most of the crops. Substantially, 18% of area under rice has also risen. There are reports that rice, which is mainly a summer crop, is likely to see a drop in output by 10% due to incessant rains in the latter half of monsoon this year.

He informed that increase in rice may result into good production, which is likely to narrow down the deficit caused by drop in kharif production. Overall, rice production is likely to see a dip this year.

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