Are you giving me a record? India hopes to harvest 114 million tons of wheat this year

If the weather conditions are favorable, India is counting on a rich harvest, backed by climate-resistant varieties Scientists at the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research hope that wheat production in the country will reach the highest volume in history, AgroXXI.ru reports. "In the last two years, 25 new climate-tolerant varieties have been identified. This year, 11 varieties have been made available to farmers," said Gyanendra Singh, director of the institute. According to him, the next goal is to cover 80% of the total area under wheat with new varieties. While the Indian Agriculture Ministry is yet to release official wheat production estimates for the 2023-24 marketing year, analysts estimate the crop to be around 111 million tonnes against a record 110.55 tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year. Meanwhile, Himanshu Pathak, director general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), said at the annual general meeting that the country's wheat production could ...