India: Timely Arrival of Southwest Monsoon Promising for Kharif Crop

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India: Timely Arrival of Southwest Monsoon Promising for Kharif Crop

On June 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the Southwest Monsoon had set over Kerala coinciding with its historically normal date. IMD also published its second long-range forecast predicting a normal Southwest Monsoon (June to September) for 2020. The rainfall is likely to be 102 percent of the long period average (LPA). The impact of super cyclone Amphan on crops in Eastern India is under assessment by government agencies, as Western India prepares for Cyclone Nisarga.

India: Timely Arrival of Southwest Monsoon Promising for Kharif Crop

 

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