When to sow Rice in Goa

A monsoon crop in Goa: sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov. Goa is number 28 of the 33 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Goa
20 quintals of paddy an acre
India: 18 quintals of paddy an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹2,441 a quintal of paddy
2026-27
Grown here on
69,842 acres
under 1% of India's rice

When to sow and harvest in Goa

Kharif 68% of its area here
Rabi 32% of its area here
Today: kharif harvest
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Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Before you sow

Sown it? Follow it week by week

Each watering, each dose of urea for your acres, and the pest to look for now.

Will it grow on your land?

Check it against your village's soil, rain and water.

How to grow rice

Fertiliser for one acre, pests, and what an acre can earn.

Where in Goa it grows most

  1. 1 South Goa 19 quintals of paddy an acre 61% 42,641 acres
  2. 2 North Goa 22 quintals of paddy an acre 39% 27,202 acres

Rice in other states

Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Telangana Chhattisgarh Odisha Madhya Pradesh Punjab Bihar Assam Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2020-21 to 2024-25.