{"id":20418,"date":"2024-05-28T13:48:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=20418"},"modified":"2024-05-28T20:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:26:31","slug":"boost-for-agricultural-production-in-india-with-above-normal-monsoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/05\/28\/boost-for-agricultural-production-in-india-with-above-normal-monsoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost for agricultural production in India with above-normal monsoon\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/india\/\"><u>India&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>will see above-norm monsoon rains throughout the 2024 phase, in the event of which farm production will improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a May 26, 2024 announcement by Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mausam.imd.gov.in\/responsive\/monsooninformation.php\"><u>India Meteorological Department<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;(IMD), the country will experience up to 106% saturation of the yearly average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that 2024 will have 2% more monsoon rain than the 96-104% range in the past 50 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, farmers can look forward to higher moisture than the 870 mm they experience each monsoon from June to September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-crop-lifeline\"><strong>Crop Lifeline<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/relief-for-farmers-and-economy-imd-predicts-above-normal-monsoon-this-year\/articleshow\/110470636.cms\"><u>$3.5 trillion<\/u><\/a>, India\u2019s economy depends by large on agricultural input, which in turn depends on rain for its lifeline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A whooping 70% of rainfall in the subcontinent occurs in the monsoon and dictates the crop planting cycle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key crops that grow during the kharif (monsoon) season include onions whose harvest runs from September through November, especially in&nbsp;<a href=\"#google_vignette\"><u>Nashik district<\/u><\/a>. Potatoes also have a second harvest season of the year during kharif, between September and November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>50 to 52% of non-irrigated farmland in India produces its crop under the four-month rains. This arable land produces staple rice and maize grains as well as commercial crops such as cotton, sugarcane and soybeans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lucky-areas\"><strong>Lucky Areas<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Southern areas including Kerala are likely to receive more than 87 cm of rainfall in the coming four months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IMD predicts that by 31st May,<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/weather\/india-to-see-above-normal-rainfall-this-monsoon-imd-9355092\/\"><u>&nbsp;Kerala<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;and the southern peninsular will experience rains whose winds are fanning from the southwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The southern state sows its corn and pulses during this very first instance of mid-year rains in India. Perennial plants ranging from coffee to cardamom, pepper, rubber and tea also bud again during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Kerala, eastern India, especially West Bengal, will also welcome heavy rain. West Bengal is a leader in the production of rice in India, with a production margin of 15% of the national output. Its other crops that also depend on the kharif season include sugarcane, pulses, wheat, maize and barley.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlucky areas that will see the northeast monsoon bypass them include northeast India, which will see below-norm saturation. At the same time, the northwest region will experience an above-normal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/he-il\/news\/other\/update-1-india-still-expects-above-average-monsoon-rains-in-a-boost-for-agriculture\/ar-BB1n8cCf?ocid=BingNewsSearch\"><u>heatwave<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;for maximum 6 days through June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-india-monsoon-agriculture-statistics\"><strong>India Monsoon Agriculture Statistics<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>India was number 1 in sugar production in 2022 at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/10653\/sugar-market-in-india\/\"><u>\u00a037 million tonnes<\/u><\/a>. 500,000 workers depended directly on the sugar industry for employment in 2022, which makes it a big economic earner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country was the second biggest wheat-producing nation in 2022 after China, at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/country-rankings\/wheat-production-by-country\"><u>107.7 million tonnes<\/u><\/a>.  Rice, another monsoon crop, saw India come second after China in 2019\u2019s world production at a combined\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2022\/03\/visualizing-the-world-s-biggest-rice-producers\/\"><u>389 million tonnes<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monsoon period lasts through June to September, a time when<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/relief-for-farmers-and-economy-imd-predicts-above-normal-monsoon-this-year\/articleshow\/110470636.cms\"><u>\u00a052%\u00a0<\/u><\/a>of India\u2019s cultivated land depends on rainfall for crop growth. \u00a0Kerala and the peninsular region near Sri Lanka experience the first &#8216;monsoon rains&#8217;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&nbsp;will see above-norm monsoon rains throughout the 2024 phase, in the event of which farm production will improve. According to a May 26, 2024 announcement by Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general at&nbsp;India Meteorological Department&nbsp;(IMD), the country will experience up to 106% saturation of the yearly average. 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