Good weather and increase in minimum support prices (MSP), which attracted farmers to plant higher mustard, resulted into record crop of over 71.09 lakh tonnes, says industry body Solvent Extractors Association.
SEA Rapeseed-Mustard Conclave 2017 held at Jaipur on 25th March 2017 launched “Mustard Mission 2020” aiming to raise the production of Rape-Mustard seed to 10 Million Tonnes by 2020. Industry pledged to put all round efforts to support Mustard farmers, through promoting better agronomic practices and improving the quality of seeds.
The Association also supports technological interventions, including introduction of GM Mustard Crop to enhance the competiveness of Mustard cultivation. SEA would also try to persuade the farmers in Punjab and Haryana to partly switch over from wheat to mustard crop to achieve the objective of the mission. All these efforts would help to reduce our dependence on imported vegetable oil and contribute in a small way in improving the Edible Oil Security of our Nation.
"This year, breaking away from tradition of putting out crop numbers through consensus among stakeholders, SEA engaged A C Nielsen to do crop survey and report on crop numbers basis their findings at field level. A C Nielsen has interviewed over 3000 farmers and also traders and industry officials across the five major mustard seed producing states and also conducted secondary survey for the rest of the states and arrived 71.09 lakh tonnes of Rabi Rape-Mustard Crop for the year 2016-17," a release from SEA stated.
Rapeseed-Mustard is the main oilseed crop for the Rabi season which is planted on more than 80% area covered under oilseeds. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat are the highest sown states of mustard seed accounting for more than 70% of total mustard acreage in the country. This year due to fairly good distribution of rainfall during monsoon season 2016 has resulted substantial surface water storage to serve irrigation requirement of rabi crops. The acreage under rapeseed-mustard has increased because of favourable weather conditions and adequate soil moisture. Moreover, increase in minimum support prices (MSP) too attracts farmers to plant higher mustard crop, resulted into record crop of over 71.09 lakh tonnes .
The estimate arrived as under:
All IndiaTotal production of Rapeseed-Mustard in India including Rabi and kharif crop (Kharif Toria crop cultivated in UP) for the year 2016-17 is 72,29,000 tonnes.Total area under Rapeseed-Mustard Rabi crop in India for the year 2016-17 is 66,52,000 hectares as per the Government’s estimates. Estimated total production of Rapeseed-Mustard Rabi crop in India for the year 2016-17 is 71,09,000 tonnes. Average yield of Rapeseed-Mustard Rabi crop in India for the year 2016-17 is 1069 kg/hectare ..
SEA Rapeseed-Mustard Conclave 2017 held at Jaipur on 25th March 2017 launched “Mustard Mission 2020” aiming to raise the production of Rape-Mustard seed to 10 Million Tonnes by 2020. Industry pledged to put all round efforts to support Mustard farmers, through promoting better agronomic practices and improving the quality of seeds.
The Association also supports technological interventions, including introduction of GM Mustard Crop to enhance the competiveness of Mustard cultivation. SEA would also try to persuade the farmers in Punjab and Haryana to partly switch over from wheat to mustard crop to achieve the objective of the mission. All these efforts would help to reduce our dependence on imported vegetable oil and contribute in a small way in improving the Edible Oil Security of our Nation.
"This year, breaking away from tradition of putting out crop numbers through consensus among stakeholders, SEA engaged A C Nielsen to do crop survey and report on crop numbers basis their findings at field level. A C Nielsen has interviewed over 3000 farmers and also traders and industry officials across the five major mustard seed producing states and also conducted secondary survey for the rest of the states and arrived 71.09 lakh tonnes of Rabi Rape-Mustard Crop for the year 2016-17," a release from SEA stated.
Rapeseed-Mustard is the main oilseed crop for the Rabi season which is planted on more than 80% area covered under oilseeds. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat are the highest sown states of mustard seed accounting for more than 70% of total mustard acreage in the country. This year due to fairly good distribution of rainfall during monsoon season 2016 has resulted substantial surface water storage to serve irrigation requirement of rabi crops. The acreage under rapeseed-mustard has increased because of favourable weather conditions and adequate soil moisture. Moreover, increase in minimum support prices (MSP) too attracts farmers to plant higher mustard crop, resulted into record crop of over 71.09 lakh tonnes .
The estimate arrived as under:
All IndiaTotal production of Rapeseed-Mustard in India including Rabi and kharif crop (Kharif Toria crop cultivated in UP) for the year 2016-17 is 72,29,000 tonnes.Total area under Rapeseed-Mustard Rabi crop in India for the year 2016-17 is 66,52,000 hectares as per the Government’s estimates. Estimated total production of Rapeseed-Mustard Rabi crop in India for the year 2016-17 is 71,09,000 tonnes. Average yield of Rapeseed-Mustard Rabi crop in India for the year 2016-17 is 1069 kg/hectare ..