date:Apr 15, 2013
8.6 million hectares. 15.9 million hectares will be used for sowing grain crops, including 13 million hectares for wheat.
According to the Minister, the wheat-growing area is expected to shrink by 468 thousand hectares and rice-growing area will be cut by 5.7 thousand hectares compared to 2012 areas.
Meanwhile, the area for growing priority crops like corn and grain will be expanded by 5.6 thousand hectares and areas under other priority crops will grow by 76.8 thousand hectares.
The area und