date:Jan 17, 2014
n October-September and harvests from March.
Bumper Harvests
This spring farmers would harvest more than 100 million tonnes, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday, the seventh consecutive wheat crop to exceed demand. In 2013, India produced 94.88 million tonnes.
A jump in the area planted with wheat and favourable weather conditions are the main reasons behind expectations of a record crop in the country which needs 76-77 million tonnes of wheat a year to feed its population.
Farmers