1. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
POTENTIAL CROPS & PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR SUMMER OILSEED CROPS
B. K. Srivastava
DIRECTOR I/C
DIRECTORATE OF OILSEEDS DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS COOPERATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE
TELHAN BHAVAN, HIMAYATNAGAR,
HYDERABAD , TELANGANA

2. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
SUMMER OILSEED CROPS
Crops
States
States Reporting
States not reporting
Groundnut
Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Sunflower
Karnataka, Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand & West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha
Sesame
West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand
Area in lakh ha
Crop
Average as on date #
AREA SOWN
Groundnut
5.095
4.467
5.667
4.404
4.343
5.405
5.654
Sunflower
0.550
0.324
0.426
0.577
0.629
0.495
0.624
Sesamum
3.033
2.949
2.398
2.531
3.808
3.822
2.606
Other Oilseeds
0.121
0.047
0.022
0.159
0.180
0.167
0.075
Total
8.799
7.787
8.513
7.671
8.960
9.889
8.959
#Average as on date is derived by making average of area coverage under oilseeds for the corresponding week period of last five years ( to ).

3. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
State-wise Crop Coverage under Summer Oilseed crops
Sl. No
State
Area covered during (lakh ha)
Groundnut
Sunflower
Sesame
Total
Summer
% of
summer 1
Andhra Pradesh
7.540
0.070
0.93
0.100
0.010
10.00
0.330
0.060
18.18 2
Telangana
1.530
0.000
0.00
0.033
0.080
75.00 3
Bihar
0.021
0.069
0.020
28.99
0.047 4
Chhattisgarh
1.007
0.200
19.86
0.150
53.44
0.344 5
Gujarat
16.779
0.523
3.12
1.277
0.160
12.53 6
Haryana
0.061
0.030
100.00
0.041 7
Jharkhand
0.339
0.01
0.001
2.97
0.096
0.63 8
Karnataka
6.350
1.410
22.20
2.400
3.33
0.370
2.70 9
Madhya Pradesh
2.230
0.050
2.24
4.240 10
Maharashtra
2.642
0.504
19.08
0.231
0.004
1.63
0.190
0.009
4.48 11
Odisha
1.979
0.161
8.16
0.124
0.029
23.28
1.871
0.144
7.68 12
Punjab
0.040 13
Tamil Nadu
3.535
0.238
6.73
0.152
0.005
3.29
0.349
0.046
13.18 14
Uttar Pradesh
1.920
0.770
40.11
3.002 15
West Bengal
0.644
0.540
83.85
0.053
0.022
41.51
2.469
2.460
99.64
 16
Others
5.948
3.059
All INDIA
52.545
4.467
8.50
3.448
0.324
9.41
17.825
2.949
16.54

4. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
State-wise districts growing Summer Oilseed crops
As per the district-wise data submitted by State Department of Agriculture, summer oilseed crops are being cultivated in these districts.
Sl. No
Crop
State
MAJOR DISTRICTS 1
Groundnut
Gujarat
Kutch, Vadodara, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Bhavanagar, Sabarkanta, Tapi, Rajkot
Maharashtra
Yavatmal, Pune, Nanded, Nadurbar, Dhule, Parbhani, Satara, Solapur, Hingoli, Wardha
West Bengal
Midnapur (E), Midnapur (W), Hoogly, Howrah, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, 24 Paragnas (N) 2
Sunflower
Kolhapur, Osmanabad
Karnataka
Kolar, Davangere, Bellary, Raichur, Bijapur
Punjab
Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurtala, Ludhiana, Mohali, Nawan Shehar, Fatehgarh Saheb, Patiala 3
Sesamum
Midnapur (W), Hooghly, Nadia, Bankura, Murshidabad, Bardhamam, 24 Paragnas (N)

5. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
Cultivation of Summer Oilseed crops
GROUNDNUT
Assured irrigation and nutrient management condition.
Yield levels are much higher.
Sowing : January/February to May/June.
Major states are Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and some parts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & Uttar Pradesh
In North Eastern States, mainly grown during January-February in Assam, Manipur and Tripura.
Due to high productivity in NE states, increasing summer groundnut area is better option.
Use of polythene mulch technology will improve the germination and also initial growth against the low temperature during Jan-Feb in NE States.
Some of the cropping systems including groundnut as summer crop.
- Coastal areas : Rice-Mustard-Groundnut
- Maharashtra : Jowar-Sunflower-Groundnut ;
Sesame-Sunflower-Groundnut
- Tamil Nadu : Blackgram-Rice-Groundnut

6. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
Cultivation of Summer Oilseed crops
GROUNDNUT
Groundnut varieties recommended for summer cultivation:
Variety
State recommended
VRI (Gn) 5 (2001)
Tamil Nadu
VRI (Gn) 6 (2009)
Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
GG-6 (2003)
Gujarat
Greeshma (2009)
Andhra Pradesh
TG-37-A (2004)
All India
Vijetha (2010)
West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand
Narayani (2007)
Kadiri Harithandra (2010)
Karnataka, Maharashtra
SG-99 (2004)
Punjab
Pratap Raj Mugapalli (2011)
Rajasthan
Prutha (2005)
ALG (2011)
Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
TG 38 (2006)
Odisha, West Bengal, NE states
RARS T-1 (2011)
Abhaya (2006)
RARS T-2 (2011)
Vasundhara (2007)
West Bengal, Odisha,
Jharkhand, Assam
GJG-31 (2012)
TG-51 (2008)
GJG-9 (20112)

7. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
Cultivation of Summer Oilseed crops
Summer Sesamum
Rice fallow areas of North Eastern states.
West Bengal is the major state cultivating summer sesame over an area of about 2.00 lakh ha.
Sesamum is also cultivated as summer crop in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha & Tamil Nadu states.
Summer sesame yields are higher and by adopting the integrated nutrient management yields can be increased by about 33%.
Some of the cropping systems including Sesame as summer crop.
- Coastal areas : Rice-Mustard-Sesame ;
Rice-Potato-Sesame
- Tamil Nadu : Groundnut-Rice-Sesame
- West Bengal : Rice-Mustard-Sesame ;
Rice-Wheat-Sesame

8. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
Cultivation of Summer Oilseed crops
Sesamum
Sesame growing seasons in India are tabulated below
Season
Planting
time
Harvesting
Condition
Area %
Name of States
Rainy (Kharif)
June-July
Oct-Nov
Rainfed 70
MP, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Odisha
Mid Rainy (Pre-Rabi)
Aug-Sept
Dec-Jan 20
MP, Maharashtra, Gujarat
Winter (Rabi)
Feb-Mar
Irrigated
Negligible
Odisha, WB, Tamil Nadu
Summer
(Pre Kharif)
Jan-March
Apr-June 10
WB, Bihar, Odisha, AP, Tamil Nadu & Kerala
Sesame varieties recommended for summer cultivation
Variety
State recommended
JCS-94 (2002)
Andhra Pradesh
Hima (2006)
Amrit (2006)
AP, TN, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, MP
Savitri (2008)
West Bengal
Jawahar Til-12 (2008)
Madhya Pradesh
Jawahar Til-14 (2008)
PKV-NT-11 (2009)
Maharashtra
Subha (2012)
Odisha
Smarak (2012)
DS-5 (2012)
Karnataka

9. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
Cultivation of Summer Oilseed crops
Sunflower
In Northern India, the sunflower is grown mainly in Spring/Zaid season.
Apart from Northern India, summer sunflower is also cultivated in Maharashtra, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu state.
Sowing takes place during last week of January to First FN of February. Sowing should not be delayed beyond 1st FN of February. Otherwise, productivity is affected due to high temperature during flowering and filling stage.
Crop sequences of Sunflower :
- Tamil Nadu : Mung bean-Rice-Sunflower
- Punjab, Haryana, UP & Bihar : Maize-Potato-Sunflower;
Groundnut-Mustard-Sunflower;
Fodder-Potato/Mustard-Sunflower;
Urdbean-Toria-Sunflower
Sunflower varieties recommended for summer cultivation
Variety/Hybrid
State recommended
KBSH-44 (Hy) (2003)
All states
PSFH-118 (Hy) (2004)
Punjab
HSFH-848 (Hy) (2005)
Haryana
DRSH-1 (PCSH-243) (2006)
All Statts

10. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
Area expansion of Summer Oilseed crops
TARGETTING RICE FALLOW AREA (TRFA)
Area in lakh ha and Production in lakh tonnes
Sl.
No.
State
No. of
District
village
Kharif
Paddy
area
Estimated
area of
rice fallow
Target for rice fallow area
coverage
Target of area
coverage by 2020
Expected additional
production by 2020
Pulses
Oilseeds 1
Assam 8
800
20.52
10.42
2.30
5.40
1.35
3.75
0.90 2
Bihar 5
500
32.08
0.49
0.30
0.23
0.69
0.21 3
Chhattisgarh
38.30
28.56
3.50
10.80
2.70
5.58
1.26 4
Jharkhand
400
15.02
4.75
0.22
0.12
Odisha 9
900
36.33
29.61
4.30
5.28
1.77 6
West Bengal
38.58
11.59
7.20
1.80
9.45
3.03
Total 40
4000
180.83
85.42
15.00
36.00
9.00
25.44
7.29

11. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
Area expansion of Summer Oilseed crops
Groundnut : - Rice fallow land and on Residual moisture in flood plains in Assam, West
Bengal, Odisha, Chattisgarh.
- Timely supply of seed and developing shallow tube wells/lift irrigation will
facilitate considerable expansion of area.
Sunflower : - Cultivation of sunflower after potato, mustard, sugarcane, pea, cotton,
vegetables as Zaid crop in Northern India.
- As a crop in areas affected by alkalinity/salinity.
- In situations where water is available for shorter period in Summer season,
as intercrop in peninsular and Central India.
Sesame : -In Central, Peninsular and Eastern India, Sesame as a summer crop in situations
where only limited water is available for 3-4 irrigations and shorter duration.
- As a summer crop (assured irrigated condition) in eastern states after potato and
rice.
- Shifting of Boro cultivation to Sesame cultivation

12. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE OILSEED PRODUCTION
Productivity improvement through better adoption of improved technology
Popularizing newly released high yielding cultivars and distribution of seed minikits of oilseeds.
Ensuring quality seed supply at right time.
Improving varietal replacement rate.
Efficient/Standard crop management practices like
i) Adoption of proper crops rotation and crop sequences.
ii) Timely planting with right method of sowing
iii) Polythene mulch technology in North eastern states
iv) Adequate/optimum plant stand through adjustment in seed rate and thinning
v) timely weed management
vi) Protective irrigations to insure against weather aberrations.
vii) Adoption of moisture conservation technology
viii) Integrated nutrient & Pest management
5. Technology access in non-traditional areas : Odisha, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh in the Eastern grid and in Indo-Gangetic Region of Punjab, Haryana, Western UP & Bihar.

13. Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad
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