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INDIA ON TRACK TO PRODUCE RECORD RICE CROP THIS YEAR: OFFICIAL.
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 Asia Pulse - India's rice production in this agriculture year may breach the record output of 96.43 million tons in the last year on the back of increased acreage, even as floods in some production areas have impacted on the kharif crop (autumn harvest), a top government official said today.
"Rice production will surely touch record this year on the back of the areas sown and the overall crop condition as of now, even though floods in some producing regions have hit the crop," Secretary in the Department of Agricultural Research (DARE) Mangala Rai said.
However, Rai said sufficient rain in September and vigil against pest attacks are key to any further addition to the bumper output.
He did not mention the quantum of increase in output, saying it is difficult at this stage.
Rai also said floods ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, INDIA ON TRACK TO PRODUCE RECORD RICE CROP THIS YEAR: OFFICIAL.