Deficient rain in June takes toll on pulses sowing in Odisha

Deficient rain in June has hit the sowing of pulses in Odisha with the area under coverage dropping more than 45 per cent with the Kharif season just kicking off.
 
Against 4,174 hecatres brought under the sowing of pulses last year, this year only 2,270 hectares was covered due to delay in sowing by farmers.
 
Odisha has set a target to bring 1.09 million hectares under pulses sowing. The output target of pulses during the crop season of 2018-19 has been set at 0.67 million tonne, including 0.218 million tonne of Arhar and 0.166 million tonne of Mung.