Agriculture Ministry releases third advance production estimate of crops for 2023-24
05-Jun-2024 12:56 PM
New Delhi. The Union Agriculture Ministry has released the third advance production estimate of major crops for the entire marketing season of 2023-24.
This includes production estimates of 3288.52 lakh tonnes of food grains, 395.93 lakh tonnes of oilseeds, 325.22 lakh bales (each bale of 170 kg) of cotton, 92.59 lakh bales (each bale of 180 kg) of jute and 4425.22 lakh tonnes of sugarcane.
The production of 1367 lakh tonnes of rice, 1129.25 lakh tonnes of wheat, 356.73 lakh tonnes of maize, 174.08 lakh tonnes of Shri Anna (Jowar, Bajra, Ragi etc.) has been estimated under the food grains category.
Similarly, among pulses, production of 33.85 lakh tonnes of tur and 115.76 lakh tonnes of gram has been estimated. Among oilseeds, production of soybean is estimated to be 130.54 lakh tonnes and mustard is estimated to be 131.61 lakh tonnes.
The estimated production of food grains of 3288.52 lakh tonnes in the 2023-24 season is slightly less than the total production of the 2022-23 season but 211 lakh tonnes more than the average production of the last five years (2018-19 to 2022-23).
Rice production is estimated to increase by 9.45 lakh tonnes from 1357.55 lakh tonnes in 2022-23 to 1367 lakh tonnes in 2023-24. Similarly, wheat production is expected to reach an all-time high of 1129.25 lakh tonnes with an increase of 23.71 lakh tonnes.
The production of Shri Anna is expected to increase by 87 thousand tonnes. Thus, the total production of coarse / nutritious grains is estimated to increase by 46.24 lakh tonnes as compared to the five-year average and reach 547.34 lakh tonnes during the 2023-24 season.
The production of tur is estimated to increase by 73 thousand tonnes to 33.85 lakh tonnes in 2022-23. Similarly, the production of lentils is estimated to increase by 1.95 lakh tonnes from 15.59 lakh tonnes in the last season to 17.54 lakh tonnes in the 2023-24 season, but the production of gram is likely to decrease.