Latest monsoon spell boosts kharif sowing across crops in Gujarat

Sowing on major crops likely to be over 100 per cent of three-year average

Buoyed by above-normal rains early in September, kharif sowing in Gujarat is set to cross 100 per cent of the three-year average across several crop categories. 

Already, while cereal crops have clocked 99.02 per cent sowing, that of oilseeds is at 98.24 per cent. Prominently, cotton production is set to get a boost this year, with sowing already over 100 per cent.

In the last three years, kharif sowing in Gujarat has received a tremendous boost from an above-normal monsoon this year. The state has so far received total rainfall of 926.59 millimetres (mm) or 113.5 per cent of its