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Paddy acreage still down 13%, triggers final output fall concerns

In several states, farmers have already moved on to other short-duration crops such as pulses and coarse cereals abandoning paddy

Labourers plant saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar
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India, the world’s second-largest producer and top exporter of rice, commands a 40 per cent share in global rice trade

Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi
The area under paddy — the biggest foodgrain during the kharif season — was almost 13 per cent lower in the week ended August 5 as compared to the same period last year despite a slight pick-up in rains in the main growing regions, triggering fears of a 10-12 million-tonne drop in final output.

Sources said with the peak sowing season for paddy almost coming to an end in the big-growing states, any uptick in coverage from here onwards may not give the desired yields.

With 30 per cent of normal average area in which paddy is grown every year