Foodgrain production during current Kharif season expected to cross one thousand 485 lakh metric tonnes in country
The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare released the first advance estimates of production of major Kharif crops for 2023-24, expecting the foodgrains production of the country to be at over one thousand 485 lakh metric tonnes.
According to the release, over one thousand 63 lakh metric tonnes of rice production is estimated. Maize production is expected at over 224 lakh metric tonnes and pulses (Tur, Moong, Urad) production to be at 63.31 lakh metric tonnes. Sugarcane production would be at four thousand 347 lakh metric tonnes, it added.
The Ministry said, the area under Rice is estimated to be higher by around two lakh hectares over the previous year’s final estimate and by around 4.5 lakh hectares over the average rice area. Its production is also estimated to be higher by about one lakh tonnes as compared to the average Kharif Rice production.
