Third Advance Estimates for Production of Major Crops
May 26 , 2022 914 days 688 0
The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the third advance estimate of the production of major agricultural crops for 2021-22.
The food grains production in the country has been estimated at 314.51 million tonnes.
This is a record high.
And it is higher by 3.77 million tonnes from the food grain production during 2020-21.
During 2021-22, the average food grain production was higher by 23.80 million tonnes as compared to the previous five years from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
There has been an estimated record production of maize, rice, oilseeds, pulses, rapeseed, gram, sugarcane, and mustard.