Telangana farmers wait for skies to open up for help for Kharif
The State government will begin deploying the Agriculture Department's equipment on the ground on monday as part of its inventory-taking mission to accurately assess the development of the Kharif activities, which were significantly hampered by the season's first-half rainfall deficit. The sowings are still less than one third of average, despite assurances from officials that this year's Kharif will be typical with just a slight variance in the net area planted with various crops.
Paddy transplanting is expected to be postponed under other significant irrigation projects, like nagarjuna sagar and Srisailam, as they have yet to receive the initial inflows for the year. If the skies don't clear up soon, though. They anticipate typical rainfall starting at least from the weekend because the monsoons are active over the area. Only three to four percent of the season's average of 49.86 lakh acres have been planted with paddy in the State thus far.
Paddy transplanting is expected to be postponed under other significant irrigation projects, like nagarjuna sagar and Srisailam, as they have yet to receive the initial inflows for the year. If the skies don't clear up soon, though. They anticipate typical rainfall starting at least from the weekend because the monsoons are active over the area. Only three to four percent of the season's average of 49.86 lakh acres have been planted with paddy in the State thus far.
All of the key paddy-producing regions, including nalgonda and Suryapet, are still awaiting the completion of the irrigation plan for the nagarjuna sagar Left canal's ayacut. Operations during Kharif picked up steam mostly in places that receive rain. Compared to the typical area of 49.86 lakh acres (2.8%), 1.30 lakh acres were covered with paddy as of July 5. Paddy was grown on about 24.86 lakh acres as opposed to the season's average of 56.59 lakh acres (49.15%). 2.23 lakh acres were planted with soy as opposed to the usual 4.13 lakh acres (54%). So far, 1,81,087 acres of red gramme have been planted, compared to 87,179 acres of maize.