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05 November 2009 at 17:55 IST
India looks for better Rabi crops this season
NEW DELHI (Commodity Online) : India hopes for better Rabi crops this season after delayed and deficient monsoon rains had an adverse impact on India’s production of Kharif crops during 2009-10.
Major shortfall was noticed in the area sown, around 54 lakh hectares under rice, 3.5 lakh hectares under coarse cereals, 16.5 lakh hectares under oilseeds. Besides the loss of sown area, some of the States also witnessed productivity losses due to erratic rainfall.
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The scenario gets worsened with flash floods in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
First Advance Estimates indicate a shortfall of around 15 million tones in rice, 5.5 million tones in coarse cereals, 21 million tones in foodgrains and 2.5 million tones in oilseeds during Kharif 2009-10 compared with their estimated production during the last year.
However, the country has taken measures to augment production in Rabi to partially offset the losses in Kharif.
Acreage under wheat increased by 0.5 million hectares. This along with increase in productivity would lead to increased production of 2 million tones of wheat compared to last year.
Experts said acreage under rice to be increased by 1.2 to 1.5 million hectares in States like West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Eastern UP.
This is expected to result in additional production of about 1 million tones.
Area under rabi pulses to increase by 1.5 million hectares due to improved soil moisture on account of late monsoon rains. This is expected to result in additional production of about 1 million tones.
Additional area under oilseeds would also bring about 1.2 million tonnes of additional production. Rabi maize and sorghum and summer bajra would bring in 1.5 million tonnes of additional production.
India expects these efforts will result in production of about 8.5 million tonnes of additional foodgrains and 1.5 million tonnes of additional oilseeds during the Rabi season
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