India’s oilseeds acreage rises 3% on good rains, may attain Centre’s coverage target
· thehindubusinessline.com
According to official sources, the area until Friday under groundnut was 46.82 lh, up by 8.6%, that of soyabean was 119.92 lh, up by 0.2% and sesamum at 9.96 lh, up by 16.9%
After lower acreage for almost two months since the sowing started, the acreage under Kharif oilseeds is nearly 3 per cent up at 180.20 lakh hectares (lh) curre...