India will see above-average temperatures in March, wheat crop at risk

Published 2025년 3월 3일

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India is expected to experience above-average temperatures in March, which could pose a threat to winter-sown crops such as wheat, chickpea, and rapeseed. This could mark the fourth consecutive year that higher temperatures could reduce wheat yields, potentially leading to lower production and possibly the removal of the 40% import tax to facilitate private traders' overseas shipments. The heatwave is expected to affect most central regions, some southern and northeastern areas. This comes at a time when India is hoping for a bumper wheat harvest in 2025 to avoid costly imports after three years of poor crop yields.

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India will have above-average temperatures in March across most regions following a warmer February, the weather office forecast on Friday, conditions that could threaten winter-sown crops such as wheat, chickpea and rapeseed. Both maximum and minimum temperatures will be above average in most areas in March, D.S. Pai, a senior scientist at the state-run India Meteorological Department, told reporters. India, the world’s second largest wheat producer, is counting on a bumper harvest in 2025 to avoid expensive imports, after three consecutive years of poor crop yields. But higher temperatures could cut yields for the fourth straight year, trim overall wheat production and force authorities to lower or remove the 40% import tax to facilitate overseas shipments by private traders to tide over shortages. Reuters reported on Thursday that India was poised to enter the summer season with one of the warmest Marches on record, and above-average temperatures through most of the month ...

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