India’s wheat production to touch 86 million tonnes
Publish date: 11 Oct 2011 10:57:39 AM
Agriculture Secretary of Government of
India, P K Basu has said that wheat production might touch an all-time high of
86 million tonnes this rabi season as crop prospects look bright on account of
a good monsoon. Talking to reporters in New
Delhi, he said wheat crop prospects are expected to be
encouraging as reports say there will be abundant sunshine and no pest menace
in wheat fields during the rabi season.
The target set by government for wheat
production for this year is 84 million tonnes. Basu said that the good monsoon
has boosted soil moisture and water level in reservoirs. He added that farmers
are preparing their fields to sow wheat, the main rabi crop. Planting would
first begin in Madhya Pradesh and later in other key growing states like Punjab and Haryana.