Moth Bean
A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Aug–Sep.
When to sow and harvest
Will it grow on your land?
Pick your place and water to see:
- Whether Moth Bean suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
- What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
- Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.
What it needs
Temperature
Survives 13–45 °C. Frost hurts it.
Water
Rain and irrigation together, worked out where most of it grows:
Soil pH
Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5 to 8.
Soil
- No salty soil
- Grows even on poor soil
- N Makes its own nitrogen
- S Needs plenty of sulphur
Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).
Fertiliser for one acre
Watch out for
Mandi price, month by month
No mandi prices for this crop yet.
Where it grows in India
- Area grown in India
- 11,23,848 ha
- 2015-16
- Average yield
- 0.3 t/ha
- 2015-16
- Most area
- Bikaner
- Rajasthan
- Best yield
- Baramulla
- 1.8 t/ha
Where it grows most
The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.
- 1 Bikaner Rajasthan 35% 3,41,481 ha
- 2 Churu Rajasthan 27% 2,64,612 ha
- 3 Barmer Rajasthan 19% 1,84,105 ha
- 4 Jodhpur Rajasthan 7.3% 71,468 ha
- 5 Nagaur Rajasthan 4.9% 48,401 ha
- 6 Hanumangarh Rajasthan 4.1% 40,438 ha
- 7 Jaisalmer Rajasthan 0.9% 8,521 ha
- 8 Kachchh Gujarat 0.7% 6,611 ha
- 9 Ahmedabad Gujarat 0.4% 4,397 ha
- 10 Ganganagar Rajasthan 0.2% 2,350 ha
Moth Bean yield
- 0.1–0.3 t/ha
- 0.3–0.4 t/ha
- 0.4–0.4 t/ha
- 0.4–0.5 t/ha
- 0.5–1.8 t/ha
1 Numbers match the list: the districts with the most area.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 1997-98 to 2015-16.
Where yields are highest
Districts growing it on at least 100 ha, against the average across India. The line runs from India's average to each district.
- Baramulla Jammu And Kashmir 1.8 t/ha 5.6× India
- Budgam Jammu And Kashmir 0.8 t/ha 2.5× India
- Jammu Jammu And Kashmir 0.6 t/ha 1.8× India
- Surendranagar Gujarat 0.5 t/ha 1.7× India
- Anantnag Jammu And Kashmir 0.5 t/ha 1.7× India
- Bandipora Jammu And Kashmir 0.5 t/ha 1.6× India
- Narmada Gujarat 0.5 t/ha 1.5× India
- Tapi Gujarat 0.5 t/ha 1.5× India
- Bharuch Gujarat 0.5 t/ha 1.5× India
- Banas Kantha Gujarat 0.5 t/ha 1.5× India
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 1997-98 to 2015-16.
Across India over the years
Yield (t/ha)
Area (ha)
Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 1997-98 to 2015-16.
Soil and yield
How district soil tests line up with this crop's yields across India.
Moth Bean yields tend to be higher in districts with
- More soil medium in nitrogen strong 31 districts
- More soil high in organic carbon strong 33 districts
- More soil high in nitrogen strong 31 districts
Moth Bean yields tend to be lower in districts with
- More soil low in nitrogen strong 31 districts
- More soil low in organic carbon moderate 33 districts
- More soil that is alkaline moderate 33 districts
A pattern is not proof that soil causes the difference.
Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).