Soyabean: Crop affected by weak monsoon
August 18, 2017 at 3:07 PM ,
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Soyabean crop affected by weak monsoon
During the current Kharif season in Madhya Pradesh, the country's largest soybean producer, due to the reduction of the area of this oilseed crop, due to the absence of monsoon rain, its yield has also threatened to decline. VS Bhatia, director of Indian Soybean Research Institute (IISR), Indore said that the rainfall in the state's major soyabean producing areas has been less than the last 15-20 days. The condition of the crop is getting worse. If there is no rain in these areas soon, then the productivity of soybean will definitely fall.
He said that some soybean producing areas of the state have also suffered pests. An official of the Agriculture Department of the state government told the data till 10th August that soybean has been sown in about 4.8 million hectares in the state, whereas in the current season, the target of 5.3 million hectares is fixed for sowing. During the Kharif season of 2016, soyabeen was sown in a total of 5.401 million hectares in the province. Due to the decline in prices during the last kharif season, farmers had to sell the soybean crop below the minimum support price (MSP) of the government. For this reason, most farmers who grow soybean have traditionally considered sowing of pulse seeds such as Tur (arhar), Green Moong Beans and Black Mapte(urad) in the current kharif season in hopes of better prices. As a result, the area of soybean has declined.
The famous soyabean, known as 'Yellow Gold' among the farmers, is the main cash crop of Madhya Pradesh and according to official figures, its normal area is 5.859 million hectares in the state but the last three Kharif sessions are being watched that farmers expect pulses crops are more attracted to farming. This soybean area is decreasing. In the meantime, the processors have also expressed concern over the soybean crop crisis in the province.
Davish Jain, chairman of Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA) located in Indore, said that this season of monsoon has affected the rise of soyabean bean due to low rainfall which threatens to reduce crop productivity. He said, the soybean crop in the province is now desperately needed for a good rain as soon as possible for a new life.
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