
India's agriculture faces concerns as monsoon rains a fifth below normal
Hindustan TimesIndia's monsoon has delivered a fifth less rain than normal so far this season, the weather department said on Monday, in a worrying sign for the vital agricultural sector. A farmer walks on a lake that has dried up due to drought outside Beed, India Summer rains, critical to economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. India has received 20% less rainfall than normal since June 1, according to data compiled by the state-run India Meteorological Department, with almost all regions except for a few southern states seeing shortfalls and some northwestern states experiencing heat waves. The rain shortfall in soybean, cotton, sugarcane, and pulses-growing central India has risen to 29%, while the paddy-growing southern region received 17% more rainfall than normal due to the early onset of the monsoon, according to the data.
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