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Agriculture Industry
Kharif season 2023: Crop acreage decreases in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarhedit
Down To Earth – Online
Sowing of all kharif crops, including paddy, decreased even as the first week of July 2023 came to an end, data from the National Food Security Mission website of the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare showed on July 7. An area of 35.34 million hectares (mha) had been sowed as of July 7. This is 3.36 mha (8.68 per cent) less than last year. It is 9.48 mha or 22 per cent less compared to 2021.
Paddy in India
Farmers hopeful of better paddy cultivation on good monsoon rainsedit
Business Standard – Online
The paddy cultivation has started gaining momentum over the past week across the Jammu division with farmers expressing satisfaction over the good amount of rainfall under the influence of Monsoon winds and western disturbance over the region.