The Agriculture Department has set a revised target of sowing on 7,84,353 hectares of land in Kalaburagi district for the 2022-23 Kharif season. According to officials, the area under sowing has been increased by 29,223 hectares as compared to the last kharif season. The area under cultivation for the last two years has been 7,55,130 hectares.
The area under cereals has been reduced to 17,558 hectares against last year’s target of 32,000 hectares, while the area under pulses has been increased to 6,37,963 hectares as against last year’s target of 6,08,250 hectares. The target for oilseeds is 35,691 hectares and that of commercial crops is 93,141 hectares.
The department has increased the sowing target of red gram to 5,52,622 hectares in 2021-22 from 5,32,800 hectares. There has been a significant increase in the target set for red gram, one of the major crops of the district, for the fourth consecutive year. The sowing target of black gram is 32,451 hectare, while for green gram it is 52,297 hectare.
The taluk-wise sowing details as per the target are as follows: For Aland taluk, it is 1,21,458 hectares, while in Shahabad taluk it is only 10,035 hectares.
The target is 96,635 hectares in Afzalpur taluk, 86,000 hectares in Chittapur taluk, 85,606 hectares in Sedam taluk, 85,404 hectares in Chincholi taluk, 77,535 hectares in Jevargi taluk, 71,915 hectares in Kalaburagi taluk, 54,118 hectares in Kamalapur taluk, 48,611 taluks. . and 47,036 hectares in Kalagi taluk.
There has been a drastic reduction in the sowing target of sunflower. The crop will be sown in only 8,934 hectares, while during the last two kharif seasons, the sowing target for sunflower was 21,550 hectares and 16,550 hectares respectively. The target area for cotton is 63,458 hectares.