Rabi oilseeds production estimates up by over 18%: SEA

According to SEA estimates, total area under rabi oilseeds has gone up by 7.2% in 2016-17

Favourable weather and water availability in oilseeds growing regions may push rabi production by 18.53 per cent to 9.17 million tonnes, up from 7.74 million tonnes in the previous year, cites Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) in its estimates.

In order to assess kharif and rabi oilseed crop, SEA has also established a crop estimate committee with association's past president Govind Patel as its convener.

According to SEA estimates, total area under rabi oilseeds has also gone up by 7.2 per cent to 9.19 million hectares in 2016-17, up from 8.57 million hectares in 2015-16. Overall yield too has improved from