Sowing for the current Kharif season in Kalaburagi district is going to be slow due to the delay in the onset of monsoon rain.
Farmers have taking up sowing on only 6,500 hectares (one per cent) in the last one week, against the 1,22,000 hectares (16%) covered during the corresponding period last year in Kalaburagi district, as per data made available by the Joint Director of the Agriculture Department.
The sowing target set by the Agriculture Department for the 2023-24 Kharif season is 8,87,014 hectares.