About 83 per cent sowing for paddy crop has been completed in Chhattisgarh for the ongoing Kharif season, officials informed. Sowing has been completed in over 31 lakh hectares of area so far against the target of 36.42 lakh hectares targetted by the State Agriculture Department.
Agriculture Department officials informed that pulses, oil seed, and cereal crops have been sown in about 78 per cent of land. The officials said during the current Kharif season, the Agriculture Department has set a sowing target for maize crop in over 2.35 lakh hectares. As of now, the sowing for maize has been completed in over 1.90 lakh hectares .
Similarly, Millet, Kodo, Kutki and other small grain crops have been sown on 18,930 hectares of area. The State Government had set a sowing target for these crops in 95,000 hectares of area.
Pulses crops have been sown in 2.5 lakh hectares area. While of the the pulses crops ‘Urad’ has been sown in 1.2 lakh hectares and farmers have completed sowing of Moong in 12,130 hectares area. ‘Kulthi’ have been sown in 1,350 hectares area.