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A victim of supply chain disruption is food. Even as the world looks towards India to fill the void created by the Russia-Ukraine war, a drop in paddy acreage is threatening to make the matter worse
Wheat production declined by 2.5 per cent compared to last year-its lowest level in three years
The deficit in paddy acreage has narrowed in UP, Bihar, and West Bengal between the two weeks in consideration owing to revival in rain, the data reflected
Patchy rainfall could affect kharif output
The drop in acreage has triggered fears of the government clamping down in exports as it did in the case of wheat in May
In several states, farmers have already moved on to other short-duration crops such as pulses and coarse cereals abandoning paddy
The plight of a large number of farmers in Odisha is miserable due to a delayed monsoon and poor rainfall in June and in July, which leads to a 20% decline in paddy cultivation across the state.
Last year, India produced over 111 million tonnes of rice in the kharif season
Agriculture commissioner A K Singh has said there is a slight deficit in paddy coverage in the ongoing kharif season mainly in eastern India, but it will be recovered with monsoon progressing fast. In the southern region, paddy has been planted in a significant area buoyed by good and well-distributed rainfall. In Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh too, there is no cause of concern as of now as the sowing is normally undertaken much in advance with the help of tubewell irrigation, he said. The government has not released the latest data of paddy sowing, but the data available till July 17 showed all-India paddy coverage to be down by 17.4 per cent at 128.50 lakh hectare so far this kharif season as against 155.53 lakh hectare in the corresponding period of the previous year. The sowing of kharif crops begins with the onset of the southwest monsoon in June. Paddy is a major kharif crop. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has projected a normal southwest monsoon this ...
Paddy sowing slows down in the states, likely complicating the central government's plans for food stocks
Data from Agriculture Ministry showed that as of July 15, the paddy sowing was down by 17.4% to 128.50 lakh hectares this Kharif season as against 155.53 LH in corresponding period of previous year
Experts say a fall in paddy output could hugely impact cereal prices going forward as wheat stocks in central pool aren't enough to quell any surge in prices
Till last week, area sown to total kharif crops was down 9.27 per cent at 406.66 lakh hectare as compared to the year-ago period.
There is still time, and paddy planting in some parts of the country goes on till mid-August, but unless there is a quick pullback, there could be some concerns on the final harvest
IMD's latest update says active monsoon conditions over central India and along the west coast could continue for five days starting. It sees a rise in rainfall over Northwest India on July 9-10
Report also suggests that farmers should grow more oilseeds and pulses
The key advantage of constant submergence is that it keeps weeds under check
According to Odisha Agriculture Minister Dr Arun Kumar Sahoo, Odisha is now a state who is topping in paddy procurement and fisheries, in comparison to other states
In his announcement, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also said the farmers can start sowing paddy through the DSR technique from May 20