Agricultural Supply and Demand Outlook
On 19 May 2022, the third advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops for the year 2021-22 have been released
by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
#01 Estimated Production
The production of Food grains in the
country is estimated at record 314.51
million tonnes which is higher by 3.77
million tonnes than the production of
food grain during 2020-21.
#03 Crops
Record production is estimated of
rice, maize, pulses, oilseeds, gram,
rapeseed and mustard and
sugarcane.
Crops
Estimated
Production
National
Targets
#02 Current Production
The production during 2021-22 is
higher by 23.80 million tonnes than
the previous five years' (2016-17 to
2020-21) average production of food
grains.
Current
Production
#04 National Targets
National targets set for food grain at
3280, pulses at 295.5 and oilseeds
413.4 lakh tonnes respectively for the
year 2022-23.
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