Rabi crops were sown more this year than last year

Sowing of rabi crops in the country is almost complete now. So far, over 597 lakh hectares of land has been sown. This season’s sowing figures are higher than last year. Last year till this time, 573.23 lakh hectare was sown while this year this figure has increased to 597.92 lakh hectare.

If we talk about wheat, the main crop of Rabi season, the area under wheat has been 313.24 lakh hectare so far. The figure was 297.39 hectares in the same period last year. Agricultural experts believe that this time sowing will be better in the Rabi season and production is expected to be good.

Source: Krishak Jagat

 

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