Recent rains in various parts of the country for the past couple of days have badly affected the crop production.
Various print and electronic Media reports of India have shown pictures and visuals of crop damage due to hailstorm and waterlogging in fields.
Farmers of the states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are among the worst sufferers.
In Rajasthan some people died while many injured due to this unseasonal rains and weather disturbance.
Rabi crops like Mustard seed, wheat, Barley, Gram, Masoor, Jeera (Cumin), Potato and Onion have seen maximum loss.
Please note that Madhya Pradesh is one of the major producers of Wheat and Gram (chickpea) while Rajasthan stands first in Mustard production. Other crops like Onion and Cumin are also among major crops of Rajasthan.
In Maharashtra crops like Onion and horticulture crops like pomegranate and grape have seen losses.
In many cases the quality issues will be raised in time to come.
The final assessment of production loss is yet to be made by the government agencies. The farmers say that more than 50% of the crops are lost either in terms of production or quality.
The market will surely adjust itself once some clear picture emerges. But one thing is sure that ample amount of damage is there to some of the crops.
In near future in March or in Early April if again weather turns unfavorable then it will be really hard to save the remaining crops because in the north Indian states like Haryana, Punjab, UP and Bihar harvesting of crop would be in full swing and any unseasonal rain during that period may put farmers in great trouble.
Various print and electronic Media reports of India have shown pictures and visuals of crop damage due to hailstorm and waterlogging in fields.
Farmers of the states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are among the worst sufferers.
In Rajasthan some people died while many injured due to this unseasonal rains and weather disturbance.
Rabi crops like Mustard seed, wheat, Barley, Gram, Masoor, Jeera (Cumin), Potato and Onion have seen maximum loss.
Please note that Madhya Pradesh is one of the major producers of Wheat and Gram (chickpea) while Rajasthan stands first in Mustard production. Other crops like Onion and Cumin are also among major crops of Rajasthan.
In Maharashtra crops like Onion and horticulture crops like pomegranate and grape have seen losses.
In many cases the quality issues will be raised in time to come.
The final assessment of production loss is yet to be made by the government agencies. The farmers say that more than 50% of the crops are lost either in terms of production or quality.
The market will surely adjust itself once some clear picture emerges. But one thing is sure that ample amount of damage is there to some of the crops.
In near future in March or in Early April if again weather turns unfavorable then it will be really hard to save the remaining crops because in the north Indian states like Haryana, Punjab, UP and Bihar harvesting of crop would be in full swing and any unseasonal rain during that period may put farmers in great trouble.
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