Sowing for Kharif season had been completed by farmers in around 45.86 lakh hectares of land so far this year in Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
The State Government had set a target of sowing in 48.20 lakh hectares.Ninety five percent of sowing work had been completed so far.
According to Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, the farmers focus on cultivating paddy, oilseeds, pulses and vegetables in the Kharif season.
He said that among food grains maximum cultivation is done for paddy crop.
Sowing had been completed in 40 lakh hectares of land for paddy cultivation, Agrawal said.
This year in 3,86,800 hectares of land, target is to grow Arhar, Urad, Moong and Kulthi crops. Against this, sowing for pulses crops had been completed in 2,72,660 hectares of land and for oilseeds in around 2.24 lakh hectares.