Sannhemp

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

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

93% of its area.
Ready in
120 days
about 4 months
Water
360–460 mm
of water over its season (rain plus irrigation)
Grows best at
20–30 °C
0 °C survives 4–40 °C 40 °C

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.

Sowing Growing Harvest

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

360–460 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°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

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.

Latest prices at mandis near you

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
24,582 acres
2012-13
Average yield
4.8 quintals an acre (1.2 tonnes a hectare)
2012-13
Most area
Guntur
Andhra Pradesh
Best yield
Koraput
30 quintals an acre

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.

60% of India's sannhemp area is in these 10 districts

  1. 1 Guntur Andhra Pradesh 12% 5,575 acres
  2. 2 Balangir Odisha 11% 5,173 acres
  3. 3 Ganjam Odisha 9.7% 4,637 acres
  4. 4 Prakasam Andhra Pradesh 8.5% 4,049 acres
  5. 5 Rayagada Odisha 4.1% 1,960 acres
  6. 6 Mayurbhanj Odisha 3.8% 1,829 acres
  7. 7 Sundargarh Odisha 3.6% 1,730 acres
  8. 8 Mysuru Karnataka 3.3% 1,596 acres
  9. 9 Kalahandi Odisha 2.7% 1,277 acres
  10. 10 Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh 2.3% 1,080 acres

Sannhemp yield

  1. 1.3–1.9 quintals an acre
  2. 2.0–2.7 quintals an acre
  3. 3.3–11 quintals an acre
  4. 12–17 quintals an acre
  5. 19–30 quintals an acre
No data

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). 2000-01 to 2012-13.

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.

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 across India, quintals an acre

0 2 q 4 q 6 q 8 q
2000-01 2012-13
Latest 4.8 quintals an acre in 2012-13

Area sown across India, acres

0 25,000 50,000 75,000 1 lakh
2000-01 2012-13
Latest 24,582 acres in 2012-13

Years run July to June. 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.