Above Normal Rainfall Increases Acreage, but May Impact Total Output of Kharif: NBHC
With above normal rainfall during the monsoon, farmers have sown record 1,095.37 lakh hectares so far, though output of cereals like rice and maize is likely to be impacted, according to the National Bulk Handling Corporation’s first kharif crop estimates for 2020-21. Maize acreage is expected to increase by 2.31 per cent but still we are expecting a 5.71 per cent lower crop size because heavy rain is seen affecting yield of the standing crop in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, NBHC Head – Research and Development – Hanish Kumar Sinha said. In the pulses sector, acreage and production of tur is expected to increase by 9.78 per cent and 5.48 per cent, respectively, due to good crop conditions so far in the major growing states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana and Jharkhand, NBHC said. We expect the area under moong to increase by 19.70 per cent whereas the production is expected lower by 3.91 per cent mainly due to crop damage in major producing states, Sinha opined. Sugarcane area and production are expected to grow 2.19 per cent and 2.72 per cent, respectively because of higher production in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the second and third largest cane producing states, he added.
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