First Advance Estimates of production of major kharif crops
September 27 , 2022 793 days 627 0
The Centre has released the first-ever advance estimates of production of major Kharif crops.
The recently released estimates predict the production of 149.92 million tonnes of food grains in the country.
This is lesser than the target of 163.15 million tonne for the Kharif 2022-23 season and the production of 156.04 million tonnes during the last kharif season (2021).
During the last kharif season, the total kharif foodgrain production was 150.58 million tonnes.
The rice production is expected to be 104.99 million tonnes.
It is higher by 4.40 million tonnes than the average production of Kharif rice in the last five years from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
However, it is 6 per cent lesser than the production of 111.76 million tonnes during the last season.
The maize production is expected to reach 23.10 million tonnes.
The oilseeds production is expected to stand at 23.57 million tonnes,
The total production of sugarcane in 2022-23 is expected to reach 465.05 million tonnes.
The total pulses production is expected to reach 8.37 million tonnes.
It is higher by 91.59 million tonnes than average sugarcane production of 373.46 million tonnes.