Sowing for Rabi crops has been completed in more than 15.90 lakh hectares so far in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.This accounts for 85 percent of the target of 18.76 lakh hectares set by the Agriculture Department for the Rabi season. It includes food-grains, pulses, oil-seeds and vegetables, they stated. Agriculture Department officials said that a target of 4.20 lakh hectares has been set for wheat, paddy, maize and Jau-Jwar and other food grains for the Rabi season. Sowing has been done in 356380 hectares till February 9 against the target, they said.
In pulses, sowing has been done for Maize in 348340 hectares, Peas in 47180 hectares, Masoor in 27420 hectares, Moong in 15310 hectares, Urad in 10870 hectares, Tiura in 334660 hectares, Kulthi in 27900 hectares and other pulses in 600880 hectares. The farmers have completed sowing of pulses in 818560 hectares. Among the oil-seeds, the farmers have sown Alsi, Rai-Sarso, Toriya, Sunflower, Kusum, Groundnut and other oil-seeds in Rabi season. In this Rabi season, the farmers have done sowing of oil seeds in about 232030 hectares so far.
The officials said that sugarcane seeds have been sown in 24430 hectares. Similarly, vegetable seeds have been sown in more than 1.95 lakh hectares. Other crop seeds have been sown in more than 183900 hectares across the State, the officials said.