Food grain production Scenario (2018-19)
Food grains Production for the year 2018-19 (2ndAdvanced Estimates):
Food grain production includes Cereals and Pulses only
Total Cereals Production : 253.54 MT
Total Pulses Production : 23.95 MT
Total Food grain Production :281.37 MT
Cereals
**Rice :115.60 MT
**Wheat :99.12 MT
Nutri/Coarse cereals :42.64 MT
Maize :27.80 MT
Total Cereals Production :257.28 MT
(Food grain production Scenario (2018-19)
Pulses
Gram/Bengal gram/Chickpea :10.32 MT
Tur /Red gram/Arhar :3.68 MT
Urad/Black gram :3.36 MT
Total Pulses Production 24.02 MT
Total food grain Production (Cereals + Pulses) :281.37 MT
(Food grain production Scenario (2018-19)
Commercial crops
Oilseeds
Soyabean :13.69 MT
Groundnut :6.97 MT
Rape seed &Mustard :8.40 MT
Castor seed :1.77 MT
Total Oilseeds Production : 31.50 MT
**Cotton :30.08 Million bales (1bale=170 kg)
Sugarcane :380.8 MT
(Food grain production Scenario (2018-19)
Crop/Production(in Million Tonnes)
Cereals
**Paddy :111.01
**Wheat :97.11
Sorghum :4.66
Maize : 27.14
**Coarse cereals :45.42
Small Millets- 0.42 Mt
Total cereals :253.54 MT
(Food grain production Scenario (2018-19)
Pulses
*Gram/Bengal gram/Chana :11.10
*Red gram/Tur/Arhar :4.02
Black gram/Urad bean :3.23
Green gram/Moong dal :1.74
Total Pulses :23.95 MT
Total Food grain production 277.49 MT
(Food grain production Scenario (2018-19)
Commercial crops:
➢ Oil seeds: Includes Nine crops i.e., Ground nut, castor, Mustard and Rape seed, Niger, linseed. Saffflower, Sunflower, soyabean and Sesamum.
Crop/Production (MT)
**Soyabean :11.39
Rape seed & Mustard :7.54
Groundnut :8.21
Total Oil seeds production(9 Oilseeds) :29.88 MT
➢ Other Commercial Crops
Crop/Production
**Cotton :33.9 Million bales#
Sugar cane :352.37 MT
Jute & Mesta :10.5 Million bales##
(Note: #1bale= 170 Kgs; ##1bale= 180 Kgs)
• **BT cotton area in India is – 11.07 Mha (96% of cotton area)
• BT cotton area is Highest in Maharastra followed by Gujarath
• Bt cotton is the only GM/Trangenic crop cultivated in India).
(Food grain production Scenario (2018-19)
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