Kharif foodgrain production likely to go up by 5.7%

The kharif pulses, namely tur and urad, have been witnessing consistent less production over the past four years. According to the agriculture and farmers’ welfare department data, kharif pulses production was 86.18 LMT in 2020-21, which deceased to 82.35 LMT in 2021-22, to 76.21 LMT in 2022-23 and 69.74 LMT in 2023-24.Tur production in 2024-25 is projected at 35.02 LMT which dipped from 43.16 LMT from 2020-21. Similarly, production of urad and moong pulses has also followed the same trend.Urad production has declined since 2021-22. The current production has been projected at 12 LMT, which was 18.65 LMT in 2021-22. Kharif moong production is estimated at 13.83 LMT, which was around 20 LMT in 2020-21.



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