• Foodgrain Production in 2009-10 Stands at 218.2 million tonnesWheat, Pulses achieve Record production;Oilseed production Plummets
  • Fourth advance Estimates of Crop Production Released

As per the fourth advance estimates of crop productions released , total foodgrain production in 2009-10 is likely to be 218.2 million tonne, slightly up from the third advance estimates issued in May.

The estimates cover the 2009 kharif crop that was heavily impacted by a severe drought. The impact was especially severe in the case of kharif rice, groundnut and coarse cereals. In the subsequent rabiseason, some ground was regained but the overall production was still about 16 MT lower than 234.47 MT achieved in 2008-09. Incidentally, 2008-09 had been a year of record production of foodgrains following years of good weather conditions.

As per the latest estimates, wheat production has reached record 80.71 MT, marginally higher than the earlier best of 80.68 MT achieved in 2008-09. Similarly, pulses production has reached record 14.59 MT achieved in the last six years (2008-09: 14.57 MT).

Production of rice in 2009-10 stands at 89.13 MT, wheat 80.71 MT, coarse cereals 33.77 MT, pulses 14.59 MT, oilseeds 24.9 MT and sugarcane 277.8 MT. There has been minor upward revision in most crops as compared to third estimates.

The details of crop estimates are as follows:

million tonnes

crop season 2008-09

final estimates

 2009-10

3rd advance estimates

 2009-10

4th advance estimates
rice kharif 84.91 74.78 75.91
rabi 14.27 14.53 13.22
total 99.18 89.31 89.13
wheat rabi 80.68 80.98 80.71
jowar kharif 3.05 2.85 2.82
rabi 4.19 3.99 4.16
total 7.24 6.84 6.98
bajra kharif 8.89 6.46 6.50
maize kharif 14.12 11.64 12.00
rabi 5.61 4.68 4.68
total 19.73 16.32 16.68
ragi kharif 2.04 1.89 1.96
small millets kharif 0.44 0.36 0.35
barley rabi 1.69 1.26 1.30
coarse cereals kharif 28.54 23.20 23.63
rabi 11.49 9.93 10.14
total 40.03 33.13 33.77
cereals kharif 113.45 97.98 99.54
rabi 106.45 105.44 104.07
total 219.90 203.42 203.61
tur kharif 2.27 2.56 2.55
gram rabi 7.06 7.38 7.35
urad kharif 0.84 0.86 0.85
rabi 0.33 0.43 0.40
total 1.17 1.29 1.25
moong kharif 0.78 0.44 0.44
rabi 0.26 0.29 0.29
total 1.04 0.73 0.73
other kharif pulses kharif 0.80 0.50 0.46
other rabi pulses rabi 2.23 2.31 2.25
total pulses kharif 4.69 4.36 4.30
rabi 9.88 10.41 10.29
total 14.57 14.77 14.59
total foodgrains kharif 118.14 102.34 103.84
rabi 116.33 115.85 114.36
total 234.47 218.19 218.20
groundnut kharif 5.62 3.66 3.66
rabi 1.55 1.73 1.85
total 7.17 5.38 5.51
castorseed kharif 1.17 1.00 0.99
sesamum kharif 0.64 0.61 0.66
nigerseed kharif 0.12 0.10 0.10
rapeseed & mustard rabi 7.20 6.59 6.41
linseed rabi 0.17 0.12 0.15
safflower rabi 0.19 0.16 0.17
sunflower kharif 0.36 0.21 0.22
rabi 0.80 0.70 0.68
total 1.16 0.91 0.90
soyabean kharif 9.91 10.54 10.05
total nine oilseeds kharif 17.81 16.12 15.66
rabi 9.91 9.29 9.27
total 27.72 25.41 24.93
cotton # total 22.28 22.83 23.94
jute # # total 9.63 10.49 10.70
mesta # # total 0.73 0.62 0.59
jute & mesta # # total 10.37 11.10 11.29
sugarcane (cane) total 285.03 274.66 277.75
# milllion bales of 170 kgs. each
# #  million bales of 180 kgs. each