Kharif sowing picks up as rains revive, cotton and pulses gain most

Sowing of kharif crops staged a recovery during the week ended July 1, 2022, with the shortfall in area covered in relation to 2021 dropping from a whopping 24 per cent on June 24 to just around 5.33 per cent, official data showed.

The recovery in sowing has been led by cotton and pulses after farmers hurried to plant their crops as the monsoon showed signs of revival after a long pause.

Official data showed that among major kharif crops, acreage of pulses was almost 7 per cent more than last year (as on July 1). Cotton was almost 4