Prospects of Rainfall over the Weekend Brings Hope to Farmers of Bihar State



The grassroot information of crops and actual weather has been collected from Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, West Champaran, Katihar and Sheohar districts of Bihar. Major points are as follow:

In Muzaffarpur, there has been no rainfall from last 15 days and due to this event, transplanting of paddy is delayed. The farmers are ready for sowing of vegetables like cauliflowers, cabbage and broccoli while some farmers have already started sowing from mid-July. 
Figure 1: Meteogram of Muzaffarpur

Transplanting of paddy started from 25th July in Darbhanga. However, low rainfall delayed transplanting, farmers are cultivating maize and pulses like Moong, Arhar, Masoor which are one month old now. Recently, flowering in Moong has started in the district. Sowing of vegetables like Guards, Potato and Brinjal have started few days back. 

In West Champaran district, paddy transplanting have started from 10th July. Maize crop is now one month old. There has been no rainfall since last 10 days.

Maize and paddy fields in Katihar district have dried as there has been no rainfall since last 15 days. The adverse effect of deficient rainfall are being witnessed in the form of low growth in crops.

There has been moderate rainfall in Sheohar recently which is beneficial for pulses like moong. Growth of moong crop is normal in the district as it has attained flowering stage.
Figure 2: Likely All India Rainfall on 10th August

In conclusion, we can say that deficient rainfall is affecting crops adversely in Bihar.  Due to this not only transplanting of paddy is being delayed but growth of crops like maize is restricted.  In long term, the yield of crops could be less as expected by farmers. As per the Meteogram generated through metGIS, light to moderate rainfall is expected over many places in aforesaid districts during 7th August to 10th August.  This prospect brings hope to farmers in Bihar.

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