Wheat production in India is set to jump to a record on higher planting area
India anticipates a record wheat production this year, driven by expanded planting areas and adoption of high-yielding varieties amid favorable weather conditions, reports Reuters. With production expected to reach 112 million tonnes, Gyanendra Singh from the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research highlights the potential surge. Considering this, India may lift its export ban on wheat to alleviate concerns about high food prices, previously imposed due to reduced output and global demand shifts post-Russia’s Ukraine invasion last year.
The wheat production in the country is set to jump to a record this year as all-time high prices prompted farmers to expand planting areas, and opting of high-yielding varieties, news agency Reuters said. Scientists and traders have projected ‘good weather conditions’, another factor for the largescale wheat production. India, which is world’s second largest wheat producer, may consider lifting a ban on exports of the staple becaus eof the higher output. The move will help ease concerns over persistently high inflation in food prices.
“This year production could rise to 112 million tonnes because of the higher area and favourable weather,” Gyanendra Singh, director at the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research told the agency.
India is also world’s second-biggest consumer of wheat. Last year, India banned exports of the staple crop in May after a sharp, sudden rise in temperatures clipped output, even as exports picked up to meet the global shortfall triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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