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Production of foodgrains likely to be 315.72 million tonnes during 2021-22 crop year: Agriculture Ministry
Aug-18-2022

The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in its fourth advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops for the year 2021-22 has showed that the production of Foodgrains in the country is estimated at 315.72 million tonnes which is higher by 4.98 million tonnes than the production of foodgrain during 2020-21. Also, record production is estimated of rice, maize, gram, pulses, rapeseed and mustard, oilseeds and sugarcane. The crop year 2021-22 was from July 2021 to June 2022.

As per the data, India's wheat production is projected to have declined nearly 3 per cent to 106.84 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year as against 109.59 million tonnes in the previous year. The wheat production is estimated to have declined due to heatwave that resulted in shrivelled grains in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana. However, rice production is projected at record 130.29 million tonnes in the crop year under review as against 124.37 million tonnes in the year-ago period.

The ministry said the output of coarse cereals is likely to decline to 50.90 million tonnes from 51.32 million tonnes. Pulses output is estimated to be at record 27.69 million tonnes compared to 25.46 million tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year. In the non-foodgrain category, the production of oilseeds is projected to be record 37.69 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year as against 35.94 million tonnes in the previous year. Rapeseed/mustard seed production is pegged at record 17.74 million tonnes for the 2021-22 crop year.

According to the data, sugarcane production is estimated at record 431.8 million tonnes compared to 405.39 million tonnes in the previous year, while cotton output is expected to drop to 31.2 million bales (170 kg each) from 35.24 million bales. Production of jute/mesta is estimated to be 10.31 million bales (180 kg each) in the 2021-22 crop year as against 9.35 million bales in the previous year.

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