Frost, heatwave hit India’s rapeseed crop, dent yields
KATHAWALA, India – India’s rapeseed production could remain steady in 2023 despite a record planting as yields were curtailed by frost and a heatwave in key producing areas, farmers and industry officials have told Reuters.
“Vegetative growth was excellent until mid-January, when frost hit our crop. It badly affected developing pods,” said farmer Ramu Meena, who expanded his land area to 1.6ha in 2023 from 2022’s 1.2ha in the north-western state of Rajasthan.Area under rapeseed jumped 7.4 per cent to a record 9.8 million ha in 2023. Based on the higher area, the government has forecast rapeseed production could jump 7.1 per cent from a year earlier to a record 12.8 million tonnes.
The association has been conducting field surveys to assess crop size and would release production estimates on March 20, Mr Mehta said. India meets more than 70 per cent of its cooking oil demand through imports of palm oil, soya oil and sunflower oil from Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine and Russia.
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