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Groundnut production to dip from the state
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Monday, Jul 27,2009 23:18 Hrs
Ahmedabad: Groundnut production from Gujarat, a major producing state, is projected to dip this year due to a change in crop sowing pattern during kharif season and erratic rainfall, industry experts said.
"Present condition of the crop in Saurasthra region is good. We advised the farmers to use life saving irrigation till the arrival of rains and many of them have started using drip irrigation facility or sprinklers," Prof. Agronomy department Junagadh Agriculture University V D Khanpara said.
"If it does not rains in the next 15 days, then chances of crop failure are high where farmers don't have an alternative irrigation facility," he added.
The acreage under major oil seed crop of Kharif groundnut has dipped to 16.56 lakh hectares as compared to sowing done in 17.73 lakh hectares last year uptill July 2008, state agirculture department official said.
"Acreage under groundnut this year is even less than three years average of 17.52 lakh hectares," agriculture department official said adding "sowing is still underway and we expect the situation to improve."
According to Convenor of crop estimate committee Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade (COOIT) G G Patel, area covered under groundnut in Gujarat this Kharif has dipped nearly by two lakh hectares as crop in one lakh hectare has been washed away.
"One lakh hectares of area under groundnut crop got washed away during the execessive rainfall in coastal belt of Saurasthra region just after initial sowing got over," Patel said.
Another one lakh hectares of land was lost as the state farmers preferred to sow cotton this year instead of groundnut, he added.
According to industry sources, the losses accruing due to rejection of groundnut export consignments from European Union last year allegedly due to presence of high levels of Aflatoxin is another factor why the farmers opted for cotton sowing this year.
The farmers preferred to play safe this time, sources said.
The area covered under cotton crop in the state has increased nearly by 2.5 lakh hectares during the sowing for Kharif, while that under the groundnut and paddy has dipped by one lakh hectares each, agriculture department official said.
The MSP of cotton was raised by the central government by 40 per cent last year.
"Present condition of the crop in Saurasthra region is good. We advised the farmers to use life saving irrigation till the arrival of rains and many of them have started using drip irrigation facility or sprinklers," Prof. Agronomy department Junagadh Agriculture University V D Khanpara said.
"If it does not rains in the next 15 days, then chances of crop failure are high where farmers don't have an alternative irrigation facility," he added.
The acreage under major oil seed crop of Kharif groundnut has dipped to 16.56 lakh hectares as compared to sowing done in 17.73 lakh hectares last year uptill July 2008, state agirculture department official said.
"Acreage under groundnut this year is even less than three years average of 17.52 lakh hectares," agriculture department official said adding "sowing is still underway and we expect the situation to improve."
According to Convenor of crop estimate committee Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade (COOIT) G G Patel, area covered under groundnut in Gujarat this Kharif has dipped nearly by two lakh hectares as crop in one lakh hectare has been washed away.
"One lakh hectares of area under groundnut crop got washed away during the execessive rainfall in coastal belt of Saurasthra region just after initial sowing got over," Patel said.
Another one lakh hectares of land was lost as the state farmers preferred to sow cotton this year instead of groundnut, he added.
According to industry sources, the losses accruing due to rejection of groundnut export consignments from European Union last year allegedly due to presence of high levels of Aflatoxin is another factor why the farmers opted for cotton sowing this year.
The farmers preferred to play safe this time, sources said.
The area covered under cotton crop in the state has increased nearly by 2.5 lakh hectares during the sowing for Kharif, while that under the groundnut and paddy has dipped by one lakh hectares each, agriculture department official said.
The MSP of cotton was raised by the central government by 40 per cent last year.
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