Total foodgrain products in 2023-24 lower than 2022-23: Third Advance Estimate
foodgrain production in India is estimated at 3,288.52 lakh tonne in 2023-24, which is lower than 3,296.87 lakh tonnes of foodgrain production of 2022-23, according to the third advance estimates of production released by agriculture ministry on Tuesday.
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The final estimates of production of major crops released for the year 2022-23 showed total foodgrain production at 3,296.87 lakh tonnes.
Commodity wise, total rice production is estimated at 1,367.00 lakh tonne as compared to 1,357.55 lakh tonne in 2022-23, showing an increase of 9.45 lakh tonne.
The production of wheat is estimated at 1,129.25 lakh tonne, which is higher by 23.71 lakh tonne from previous year's wheat production.
Production of millets (also known as Shree Anna) is estimated at 174.08 lakh tonne, showing a marginal increase of 0.87 lakh tonne from 2022-23 production.
The production of nutri or coarse cereals is estimated at 547.34 lakh tonne which is higher by 46.24 lakh tonne from average nutri/coarse cereals production.
The production of tur is estimated at 33.85 lakh tonne which is marginally higher by 0.73 lakh tonne from last year's production of 33.12 lakh tonne.
Production of lentil is estimated at 17.54 lakh tonne which is higher by 1.95 lakh tonne than the previous year's production of 15.59 lakh tonne.
The production of soybean is estimated at 130.54 lakh tonne and production of
