Kharif paddy space improves marginally
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: With some districts of the state receiving enough rainfall within the final one week, space underneath paddy cultivation this kharif season has marginally improved to 53 per cent (computer) from 63 computer shortfall within the earlier week. The state of affairs, nonetheless, remains to be not encouraging as greater than half of the targetted crop protection space has not been met but.
While the Agriculture division shouldn’t be able to share info on kharif crop protection, information obtainable from the National Food Securing Mission (NFSM) on space lined underneath kharif rice until July 14, 2023 acknowledged solely 2.89 lakh hectare land in Odisha is underneath paddy cultivation towards 5.44 lakh hectare throughout the identical interval final yr and 9.05 lakh hectare in 2021.
As per the crop climate watch group report of the Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production (DA&FP) for 2022-23 kharif season, over 9.10 lakh hectare have been lined underneath rice cultivation by July 16, 2022.
The state authorities has deliberate to cowl 35 lakh hectare underneath paddy cultivation throughout this kharif season. The complete kharif crop protection space within the state by the tip of second week of July is 5.43 lakh hectare towards 10.31 lakh hectare throughout the identical interval final yr, stated the crop division report of NFSM.
Similarly, protection underneath pulses has diminished from 95,100 hectare in 2022 to 31,900 hectare this yr whereas underneath oilseeds, it has come down from 46,000 hectare to twenty,000 hectare. In its advisory to coastal districts experiencing deficit rainfall, the Meteorological Centre has suggested farmers to domesticate rice kinds of 115-120 days period on medium land and 125-130 days period on low land.
As per rainfall information supplied by Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, the seasonal cumulative rainfall from June 1 to July 20 this yr is 355.6 mm which is 15 per cent lower than regular. At least 13 districts of the state have recorded 30 computer to 50 computer deficit rainfall with Nabarangpur topping the checklist with round 50 per cent.
Mayurbhanj and Kalahandi are the opposite two districts which have recorded cumulative deficit rainfall of 46 computer and 45 computer respectively. Other districts the place kharif operations have been hit as a consequence of much less rainfall are Ganjam and Khurda (38 computer every), Rayagada and Balasore with 36 computer, Cuttack (33 computer), Puri (31 computer), Kendrapara (30 computer), Jajpur (27 computer), Kandhamal (26 computer) and Nayagarh (20 computer).
Worrying figures
2.84 lakh ha underneath paddy cultivation until July 14
State govt has deliberate to cowl 35 lakh ha underneath paddy cultivation this kharif season
13 districts have recorded 30 to 50 computer deficit rainfall
BHUBANESWAR: With some districts of the state receiving enough rainfall within the final one week, space underneath paddy cultivation this kharif season has marginally improved to 53 per cent (computer) from 63 computer shortfall within the earlier week. The state of affairs, nonetheless, remains to be not encouraging as greater than half of the targetted crop protection space has not been met but.
While the Agriculture division shouldn’t be able to share info on kharif crop protection, information obtainable from the National Food Securing Mission (NFSM) on space lined underneath kharif rice until July 14, 2023 acknowledged solely 2.89 lakh hectare land in Odisha is underneath paddy cultivation towards 5.44 lakh hectare throughout the identical interval final yr and 9.05 lakh hectare in 2021.
As per the crop climate watch group report of the Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production (DA&FP) for 2022-23 kharif season, over 9.10 lakh hectare have been lined underneath rice cultivation by July 16, 2022.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The state authorities has deliberate to cowl 35 lakh hectare underneath paddy cultivation throughout this kharif season. The complete kharif crop protection space within the state by the tip of second week of July is 5.43 lakh hectare towards 10.31 lakh hectare throughout the identical interval final yr, stated the crop division report of NFSM.
Similarly, protection underneath pulses has diminished from 95,100 hectare in 2022 to 31,900 hectare this yr whereas underneath oilseeds, it has come down from 46,000 hectare to twenty,000 hectare. In its advisory to coastal districts experiencing deficit rainfall, the Meteorological Centre has suggested farmers to domesticate rice kinds of 115-120 days period on medium land and 125-130 days period on low land.
As per rainfall information supplied by Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, the seasonal cumulative rainfall from June 1 to July 20 this yr is 355.6 mm which is 15 per cent lower than regular. At least 13 districts of the state have recorded 30 computer to 50 computer deficit rainfall with Nabarangpur topping the checklist with round 50 per cent.
Mayurbhanj and Kalahandi are the opposite two districts which have recorded cumulative deficit rainfall of 46 computer and 45 computer respectively. Other districts the place kharif operations have been hit as a consequence of much less rainfall are Ganjam and Khurda (38 computer every), Rayagada and Balasore with 36 computer, Cuttack (33 computer), Puri (31 computer), Kendrapara (30 computer), Jajpur (27 computer), Kandhamal (26 computer) and Nayagarh (20 computer).
Worrying figures
2.84 lakh ha underneath paddy cultivation until July 14
State govt has deliberate to cowl 35 lakh ha underneath paddy cultivation this kharif season
13 districts have recorded 30 to 50 computer deficit rainfall
