The sowing for paddy, pulses, oil seeds and other crops have already been completed in 43.19 lakh hectares of area in Chhattisagrh this Kharif season against a target of 48 lakh hectares, official said on Wednesday.
According to Agriculture Department officers, 90 per cent of sowing had been completed until Tuesday against the target fixed for this season. The sowing of the main paddy crop has been completed in 34.62 lakh hectares, they stated.The officials said that sowing of corn have been completed in 2.14 lakh hectares. Similarly sowing of Maize, Sorghum, and other minor grain crops have been completed in 43,830 hectares, they said.
The officials said pulses have been sown in 2,65,280 hectares area against 3,66,000 hectares — the target fixed for Kharif season. This includes Tur (pigeon peas) in 1,21,000 hectares, black gram in 1,90,000 hectares, Moong in 17,750 hectares, and Kulthi in 6,680 hectares.Similarly oil seeds have been so far sown in 2,28,290 hectares. The oil seeds crops include peanuts in 49,340 hectares, ‘Til’ in 28,190 hectares, Soyabean in 1,44,120 hectares.
Officials said ‘Ram Til’ has been sown in 6,590 hectares, Sunflower and Castor have been sown in 5,000 hectares, they said. Vegetable crops have been covered in 15,000 hectares of area, they said.