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India Aims to Double Maize Production by 2047
India aims to increase its maize production from 42.3 million tonnes to 86 million tonnes by 2047. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan emphasized the need for high-yield seeds and better starch content. He's encouraging states to diversify crops, and calls for a crackdown on substandard agricultural products.
Maize production on the decline
Malawi is losing about 29 metric tonnes (MT) of soil per hectare every year, a situation that is reducing the expected yield per hectare from six to between one and two tonnes. The situation is reflected in Ministry of Agriculture’s Second Round Crop Estimates for the 2024/25 farming year which show that maize production has declined by 20 percent in the last five years. To avert the situation, the authorities say the soil requires a lot of inor…
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that India has the potential to more than double maize production to 86 million tonnes by 2047 from the current 42.
India aims to double maize output by 2047; West Bengal, Bihar ahead in production: Minister
New Delhi: India can more than double its maize production to 86 million tonne by 2047 from the current 42.3 million tonne, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday, calling for development of high-yielding seed varieties with higher starch content. Speaking at the 11th maize summit organised by industry body FICCI, Chouhan said the world’s fifth-largest maize producer needs to boost productivity without using genetically modifi…
In the first half of 2025, the Argentine agro-industry achieved exports of 64.5 million tons of grains, oils and by-products, setting a record for this period of the year. This is detailed by a report from the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR), which also highlights that this volume is the second highest since 2008, when operations began to register with the green ROE system, then replaced by the DJVE. This export jump was driven by a greater product…
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