Out of 34 lakh hectares in Gujarat, 30 lakh hectares have been sown in Saurashtra alone.
88% of peanuts and 60% of cotton were sown in Saurashtra due to favorable rains in June.
Gujarat is the leader in peanut and cotton cultivation in the entire country and most of the cultivation in Gujarat is done in Saurashtra. This year, due to good weather and favorable rains in the month of June, farmers have sown more than 88% peanuts and more than 60% cotton in the first fortnight of monsoon.
Till today i.e. 30 June, a total of twenty crops have been sown in 33,91,478 hectares in the entire state, out of which 88% i.e. 29,69,900 hectares have been sown in only 11 districts of Saurashtra.
Farmers in Saurashtra have sown 15,44,695 (about 15.45 lakh) hectares this year, as against 8,99,807 (about nine lakh) hectares till the end of June last year.
In Saurashtra alone, peanut seeds have been sown in 14.56 lakh hectares. A good crop is expected on this due to the recent rains.
Similarly, cotton has been sown in a total of 14 lakh hectares in the state this year as against 12.73 lakh hectares last year, out of which 12.08 lakh hectares have been sown in Saurashtra. In soybean, sowing has been done on more than 1.20 lakh hectares of land this year as against 42 thousand last year, out of which 1.10 lakh hectares have been in Saurashtra. Thus, farmers of Saurashtra have done sowing earlier than last year when the weather was favorable. Apart from groundnut, cotton, soybean, this year the cultivation of millet, maize, moong, tur, urad, pulses, vegetables, fodder etc. has also increased more than last year till 30 June 2024.
6.40 lakh hectares more groundnut cultivation than last year, soybean also three times more than last year, enthusiasm in tur, millet, maize too.
