-Down to Earth The United States Department of Agriculture has said rice production in India may decline by 0.9% in 2022-23 due to uneven rains Rice prices are spiking across India, even in areas where it is the staple. This development comes even as the country has experienced an abnormal Kharif season, with uneven distribution of rainfall. The cereal that forms the staple diet of over half of India’s population has become prohibitively...
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Good news from the farm as India’s FY22 foodgrain production estimated at record 316 mn tonnes -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Wheat production estimate sees marginal upward revision to 106.8 million tons, though current rate lowest in 3 years. New Delhi: Production of foodgrain in India — comprising rice, wheat, coarse grains and pulses — is estimated at a record 315.7 million tonnes in 2021-22, shows the fourth advance estimates released by the Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday. According to the latest numbers, wheat production is revised upwards, though marginally, from 106.4 million tonnes...
More »Cereal inflation would be hard to tame amidst low rice acreage
Is India going to face inflation in cereal prices during the rest of the current financial year? Experts differ on this. An analysis by Nomura Global Economics and CEIC finds that a below normal monsoon does not always translate into high retail inflation in food. Similarly, an above normal southwest monsoon does not always bring down the rate of food inflation. However, some agricultural experts (please click here, here and...
More »India must be quick to tackle challenges of food security, land use - Himangana Gupta & Shweta Prajapati & Ruchika Singh
-Moneycontrol.com Not only population, but several other factors affect the food system, including climate risks and their impact. An IPCC report predicts up to 30 percent decline in rice yields if global temperatures continue to rise India, a country with just 2.4 percent of the world’s total land area, is the largest producer of milk and pulses, and the second largest producer of rice and wheat, as per the United Nations’ Food...
More »Lower kharif plantings due to uneven rains a growing concern, says report -Suchet Vir Singh
-ThePrint.in Area under rice and pulses lower than last year, while oilseeds acreage has marginally increased in the June-October Kharif crop season. New Delhi: The South-West monsoon has seen 6 per cent above normal or long-period average (LPA) rains in India till 5 August this year, but geographical disparities have impacted planting of Kharif crops including rice, according to a new report from the Bank of Baroda. Area planted under cereals including rice...
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