The farmers of Chhindwara and Saunsar have made up their mind to sow cotton in 60 to 90 percent of the fields this year. Yes, in fact last year the price of cotton in the state reached 10 to 11 thousand rupees. A total of 51 thousand hectares are cultivated in Chhindwara. Apart from cotton, different types of crops like groundnut, soybean are sown here, but this year the area under cotton is going to be the highest in the last three years.
According to the data released by the Agriculture Department, in the year 2019-20, cotton was sown in 15 thousand hectares in the area, last year it was sown in 18 thousand hectares while this year cotton is likely to be sown on more than 20 thousand hectares. is being expressed. Talking about the percentage of the field, farmers are willing to sow cotton in 90 percent of the fields. This will affect other crops like groundnut and soybean. Last year groundnut was sown on 4739 hectares in Chhindwara, while this time the area under groundnut has come down to 4300 hectares.
According to the report of the department, there is a possibility of sowing cotton on 40 thousand hectares of land in Saunsar this year, whereas last year cotton crop was done on 33 thousand hectares of land in this area.
