Due to rain deficit, crop sowing in Gujarat sees fall
(29 Jun, 2022)
Gandhinagar, June 29 (IANS) After normal rainfall, crop sowing in Gujarat should have been on 25 lakh hectares till June 27, but this year it was just on 19 lakh hectares. It is just 22 percent of the total sowing of the Kharif (monsoon) season, it is six percent less than last year, shows the state agriculture department's weekly data.