Wheat output to cross 72 mt this year: Pawar

The position of wheat crop looked “encouraging” and its reduction is expected to cross 72 million tonnes in 2006-07 Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday said. “The overall position of wheat crop looks encouraging,” Pawar said addressing a national seminar on 'Nutrition and Fortification' at the Nirma University here. “Last year over 68 MT of wheat was produced. We expect production to cross 72 MT this year,” he said. The minister said 2006-07 as been one of the better years for agriculture and over 250 lakh tonnes of sugar was produced, 60 lakh tonnes more than the country's requirement. “We have also exported cotton and the rice crop has been by and large good,” Pawar added. “In the last few years we have faced a shortage of pulses and oil seeds,” he said.

Courtesy: EconomicTimes
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