India: Wheat production to record high despite unseasonal rains

Published 2023년 3월 28일

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Unseasonal rains and hailstorms across India from March 3, 2023, caused significant crop losses, especially in wheat-growing states. Despite the challenges, central government officials remain optimistic that wheat production will not be significantly affected, with estimates showing a minimal loss of one per cent, which is approximately 10 million tonnes. The Union agriculture ministry anticipates a record wheat output of 112.2 million tonnes for the 2022-23 rabi harvest season, an increase from the previous year's production. These unpredictable weather patterns have also been beneficial for the late-growing wheat crops expected to be harvested in April. However, the continued rainfall and thunderstorm activity predicted by the India Meteorological Department until March 31 could have adverse effects on vegetables, pulses, and other crops.

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The unseasonal rains and hailstorms lashing several parts of the country is likely to not dent wheat production, central government officials claimed. From March 3, 2023 states across India received rainfall and hailstorms causing heavy crop loss. West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and others received large excess rainfall, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Around 61 per cent of 714 districts in the country recorded large excess rainfall, 10 per cent recorded excess and another 10 per cent had normal rainfall in March 2023, according to IMD. The rains affected all major wheat-growing states such as Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh received 45 millimetre rainfall, Rajasthan and Bihar received 32 mm and Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana 23 mm ...

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