Second Advance Production Estimates Project Record Food Grain Production The government of India (GOI) released the Second Advanced Estimates for Agricultural Production on 27 February 2018, which projected the country’s total food grain production in 2017/18 at 277.49 MMT, 2.94 MMT more than the fixed target and up from 275.11 MMT in 2016/17.
As stated by the government, the increased production is the result of a near normal monsoon in 2017/18 as well as the implementation of its programs, including the higher Minimum Support Price (MSP) that was announced. Within the pulses production (see table above), gram (chickpea) production is estimated at 11.10 MMT, up 18.33 percent from 9.38 MMT in 2016/17, and urad (black lentil) prod...
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On Wednesday, the White House submitted a national security supplemental spending request for $87.6 billion. The majority of the request includes funding for the conflict in the Middle East, but there are agricultural provisions as well. The supplemental funding package includes more than $11 b...
