Gandhinagar: Farmers have initiated sowing activity for the Kharif season. Of the 85,896 hectares in which sowing has been completed, cotton has been sown in as many as 42,516 hectares and groundnut has been sown in total 35,999 hectares. Farmers are expecting a good monsoon season.
According to the figures available from the agriculture department, sowing of foodgrains has not yet started in the state except for the 61 hectares in which corn has been sown.
Sowing happens in an average 13,...Read More