India Looking Forward to A Strong Grain Production Year

16 Feb, 2017
India Looking Forward to A Strong Grain Production Year
Indian farmers will harvest 271.98 mln tons of grain in the new season. The result will be higher than the previous record of 265.04 mln tons set in 2013 – 2014. The forecast comes from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture.

The previous two seasons were plagued by drought. Grain yield in India was 251.57 mln tons in the last season.

Wheat, rice and oilseeds yields will break the records in the current season. Wheat yield will reach 96.64 mln tons (92.29 mln tons in the previous year), which will be 0.79 mln tons more than 2013 – 2014.

In the current season, the Indian government is planning to buy 33 mln tons of wheat from farmers versus only 22.96 mln tons in the previous year. The buying campaign will start in April.