Oilseed Brassica crop in Bharatpur eastern district of Rajasthan- A case

Abstract

India is the second largest rapeseed mustard
growing country in the world contributing 25.6 and
14.7per cent, respectively to World’s acreage and
production. The crop is the second most important
oilseeds crop in India after groundnut accounting
for 26 per cent of the total oil seed production, and
23.7 per cent of the gross cropped area in the
country. Oil seed sector as a whole, and rapeseed
mustard in particular, has witnessed significant
increase in production in the last decade. The
production and yield of rapeseed mustard increased
from 6.66 million tonne (mt) and 1017 kg/ha in
2000-01, to 7.66 mt and 1185 kg/ha in 2010-11.