Summer crop acreage sees 15.34% growth over last year, shows data

Sowing for these crops largely starts around March and the crop is harvested in June to coincide with the advent of the southwest monsoon.

As farmers all over North India continue protests against the three farm Acts, acreage of summer crops saw a sharp increase during the week ended March 19, as sowing continued unabated in other regions of the country.
 
The data shows that till March 19, summer crops have been sown over 5.09 million hectares of land, which is 15.34 per cent more than the same period last year.
 
Summer crops, or zaid crops, are cultivated in the intervening period between the rabi and kharif seasons.
 
Sowing for these crops largely starts around March and the crop is harvested