.1 minutes read Last Updated: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.The location under kharif further enhanced in the course of the week finished August 23 as sowing was nearly total in the majority of crops. Information showed that till August 23, kharif plants have actually been actually raised in around 106.5 million hectares-- practically 2 per-cent much more than the location covered in the course of the same time frame last year yet 2.81 per cent lower than the normal land area (which is actually the standard of the last five years). The bright side is actually that the locations under arhar, groundnut, soy bean, as well as cotton are actually much more than their five-year standard. Nonetheless, all eyes will certainly get on the weather in the following handful of weeks as surplus rains in September could deluge areas and cause lodging which is bad for the final yield. Till August 27, the Southwest downpour has been actually 7 per cent greater than normal along with Central and also Southern India tape-recording storms which were actually more than 17 per cent surplus thus far in the period. Along with La Nina setting in, the rainfalls might get even stronger.
First Published: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.