Tag: Shree Anna

India sets 5% higher kharif rice procurement target at 48.5 mt in 2024-25 season

The Indian government has fixed kharif-grown rice (paddy converted in terms of rice) procurement target at 48.5 million tonnes (mt)

El Nino-induced vagaries of the South-West monsoon, which ended this month, are likely to have affected the production of kharif

The initial sowing data indicate increased acreage for mustard, masur (lentil), jowar, and maize, with wheat planting yet to begin.

Amid concern over a possible drop in rice production that led to a ban on the export of non-basmati white

It appears that farmers are planting more millet, or ‘Shri Anna’, in response to a possible lack of rainfall this