由于季风不足开始影响播种，印度的哈里夫种植面积下降了 23%

A 42 per cent deficient monsoon (as of June 29) is impacting India’s kharif sowing. It is down 23 per cent, which is seen as the first signal of possible lower production amid the Super El Nino forecast. Though the monsoon has revived in some parts, its further advance will be keenly watched, as July is the most crucial period for sowing most of the crops.

According to data, the coverage has reached 182.72 lakh hectares (lh) as of June 25, down from 236.46 lh a year ago. While sugarcane planting, which started much earlier but is considered under the kharif season, is the only one among major crop to show a rise in area, others such as paddy, arhar (pigeon peas), soyabean, groundnut, maize and cotton have reported a decline.

The current coverage so far is 16.5 per cent of the season’s normal area of 1104.46 lh, whereas in the corresponding period a year ago, it was more than 21 per cent of the normal area. Officials said that the sowing period has just begun, and if the revival continues for a fortnight, there may be some good progress in sowing activities, even if it may not keep pace with the year-ago level, as last year India had a good monsoon.

Cotton down 35%

Kharif season’s main cereal paddy has been transplanted in 25.75 lh against 34.41 lh a year ago, while pulses acreage reached 14.92 lh against 21.46 lh and that of oilseeds at 16.99 lh against 36.41 lh. The coverage of nutri/coarse cereals reported 11.7 per cent lower at 31.84 lh against 36.41 lh.

Cotton acreage is 35 per cent lower at 29.66 lh from 45.36 lh, while soybean down to 6.92 lh from 19.97 lh and groundnut to 8.87 lh from 15.29 lh.

Among pulses, arhar sowing reached 3.56 lh, down from 8.45 lh, moong (green gram) 8.37 lh from 8.63 lh and urad (black gram) at 1.07 lh from 2.51 lh.

Erratic progress

发布于 2026 年 6 月 29 日