India’s monsoon has delivered 1% more rain than normal so far this year, but erratic distribution has flooded some areas and left others in drought, clouding the outlook for key summer-sown crops more than midway through the season, escribe Rajendra Jadhav en Reuters.com.
Las lluvias desiguales podrían conducir a una menor producción de granos alimenticios a pesar de las áreas de siembra más grandes, lo que obligaría a India a aumentar las importaciones de aceites comestibles, azúcar y legumbres, y limitaría potencialmente las exportaciones de algodón, arroz e ingredientes para piensos, dijeron los comerciantes.
“Where it is not necessary, rainfall is abundant. Here, we badly need rains, but we haven’t got them in a fortnight,” said Netaji Surywanshi, a soybean farmer from Maharashtra whose crop on 9 acres has started wilting during a critical growth phase.