Area increased by 5.77 percent this year from last Rabi season
Cultivation of pulses in 45 percent of the target area
Raipur, 08 April 2023
Rabi crops have been sown in 19.36 lakh hectare, which is 101 percent of the target of 19.25 lakh hectare set for rabi season, in Chhattisgarh, achieving the target of 5 percent increase in rabi area this year. Significantly, in Chhattisgarh, 18.30 lakh hectare was cultivated in the last rabi season. This year, with an increase of 5 percent in rabi area, a total sowing target of 19.25 lakh hectare has been fixed.
According to the information received from the Agriculture Department, rabi crops have been sown in 19.36 lakh hectares in the state, which is 5.77 percent more than last year’s rabi area. In the state, the trend of farmers towards pulses cultivation has increased rapidly due to the arrangement of purchase on support price and encouragement of pulses crops. In the current rabi season, pulses are being sown in 8.65 lakh hectares, which is 45 per cent of the area proposed for cultivation of rabi crops this year.
So far in Chhattisgarh, cereals have been sown in 5.97 lakh hectare, pulses in 8.14 lakh hectare and oilseeds in 2.84 lakh hectare, sugarcane in 42 thousand 410 hectare and vegetables and other crops in about 2 lakh hectare. Sowing of wheat in 2.71 lakh hectare, maize in 1.71 lakh hectare, ragi in 35 thousand hectare, barley-sorghum and other crops in 11 thousand hectare and coarse grains in 1.55 lakh hectare has been completed in the state. Thus, sowing of food grains has been completed in 5.97 lakh hectare in the state, which is 137 percent of the target of 4.36 lakh hectare for sowing of grain crops in rabi season.
In this way, pulse crops have been sown in 8.14 lakh hectare, in which gram has been sown in 3.86 lakh hectare, pea in 55 thousand hectare, lentil in 34 thousand hectare, moong in 31 thousand hectare, urad in 27 thousand hectare, Sowing of Tivda has been completed in 2.50 lakh hectare, kulthi in 23 thousand hectare and other pulse crops in 7 thousand hectare, which is 94 percent of the target fixed for sowing of pulse crops.
Similarly, sowing of oilseed crops has been done in 2.84 lakh hectare so far in the state, under which linseed has been sown in 46 thousand 190 hectare, mustard in 2 lakh hectare, sesame in 1370 hectare, sunflower 2960 hectare, safflower in 6960 hectare. Sowing of groundnut, 25,630 and other oilseed crops has been completed in 160 hectares, which is 75 percent of the target of sowing of oilseed crops.
