Sannhemp

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
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93% of its area.
Ready in
120 days
about 4 months
Water
390–460 mm
over its season
Temperature
20–30 °C
0° survives 4–40 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 93% of its area
Today: kharif harvest
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Sannhemp 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

20–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 4–40 °C.

Water

390–460 mm over its season

Rain and irrigation together, worked out where most of it grows:

Rayagada Guntur Prakasam Mysuru Chhatarpur

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5 to 8.4.

Soil

  • Takes a little salt
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • N Makes its own nitrogen
  • K Needs plenty of potassium and boron
How the soil score works

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

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
9,948 ha
2012-13
Average yield
1.2 t/ha
2012-13
Most area
Guntur
Andhra Pradesh
Best yield
Koraput
7.3 t/ha

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

  1. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 2,256 ha
  2. Balangir, Odisha 2,093 ha
  3. Ganjam, Odisha 1,877 ha
  4. Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh 1,639 ha
  5. Rayagada, Odisha 793 ha
  6. Mayurbhanj, Odisha 740 ha
  7. Sundargarh, Odisha 700 ha
  8. Mysuru, Karnataka 646 ha
  9. Kalahandi, Odisha 517 ha
  10. Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh 437 ha

Sannhemp yield

  1. 0.3–0.5 t/ha
  2. 0.5–0.7 t/ha
  3. 0.8–2.7 t/ha
  4. 2.9–4.2 t/ha
  5. 4.7–7.3 t/ha
No data

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2000-01 to 2012-13.

Where yields are highest

  1. Koraput, Odisha 7.3 t/ha
  2. Sundargarh, Odisha 5.1 t/ha
  3. Rayagada, Odisha 5.0 t/ha
  4. Nabarangpur, Odisha 4.8 t/ha
  5. Kalahandi, Odisha 4.7 t/ha
  6. Nayagarh, Odisha 4.2 t/ha
  7. Purulia, West Bengal 3.8 t/ha
  8. Mayurbhanj, Odisha 3.6 t/ha
  9. Balangir, Odisha 3.3 t/ha
  10. Ganjam, Odisha 2.9 t/ha

Only districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2000-01 to 2012-13.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.9 1.9
2000-01 2012-13
Latest 1.2 t/ha in 2012-13

Area (ha)

0.0 18K 36K
2000-01 2012-13
Latest 9,948 ha in 2012-13

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). 2000-01 to 2012-13.