India's soybean planting area decreased and its output is expected to increase
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Last Update: 2001-08-13
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Introduction: according to traders, the sown area of soybeans in India has increased slightly this year, because some farmers began to relay other crops, but due to the increase of unit yield, the total yield is likely to increase The current kharif annual (winter harvest) soybean acreage fell to 5.6 million hectares, compared with 5.8 million hectares in the same period last year, SopA said Thursday "The main reason for the decrease in sown area is that some farmers switch to other crops with better expected reporting rate, and there is less rainfall in Jabalpur area and too much rainfall in Sagar area," SopA President O.P goel told Reuters from Indore Jabalpur, Sagar and Indore are the main soybean growing areas in Madhya Pradesh state in central India, accounting for nearly 70% of the total soybean production in India The association earlier predicted a 10 to 15 percentage point increase in sown area, but two weeks ago it lowered its forecast by three to four percentage points The total sown area in chhatisgarh and Madhya Pradesh States is estimated to reach 3.96 million ha this year, down from 4.03 million ha last year In the western Indian state of Maharashtra, soybean acreage decreased from 1.02 million ha to 0.93 million ha, while in the northern state of Rajasthan, it increased slightly from 0.62 million ha to 0.65 million ha.
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