Crop Planting in India Accelerates as Monsoon Revives
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Farmers in India, the world’s second-largest rice and cotton producer, are seen accelerating planting with a revival in monsoon rains ending the worst start to the rainy season in five years.
Most parts of India will get widespread rains in the week through July 22, the India Meteorological Department said on its website. Rainfall was 4 percent above average yesterday, trimming the seasonal shortage in showers to 41 percent from 43 percent a week earlier, department data showed.