date:Feb 27, 2013
The implementation of the Crop Development Programmes have boosted production primarily through the increase in yield of crops.
Overall, total foodgrains production in the country has increased from 217.28 million tones in 2006-07 to 259.32 million tonnes in 2011-12, resulting in 18.39 per cent increase in yield of total foodgrains (12.29 per cent in rice, 17.31 per cent in wheat and 14.21 per cent in pulses).
Similarly, production of horticulture crops increased from 191.81 million tones in 2