Telangana govt to urge farmers to sow Rabi crop early

With unseasonal rains and hailstorms causing damage to Rabi crop over the last few years, theTelanganagovernment has directed officials of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department to take up the issue of advancing crop timing with farmers so that it can be harvested early.

In , the Rabi (Yasangi) crop season starts from November and ends by May, andKharif(Vaanakalam) crop season starts from June and ends in November. However, due to various reasons, delay on the part of farmers to take up sowing has been resulting in the Rabi crop duration extending up to end of May and Kharif crop to end of November.