Area under paddy this year surged to record 43.37 million hectares (mh) from 40.73 mh year-ago.
India’s rice production in 2024 kharif season is estimated at 119.93 million tonnes (mt), which shows that the output has jumped by about 30 mt in the past decade alone. The rice output in the last kharif was 113.26 mt. This also reflects farmers’ growing preference for paddy crop when there is uncertainty over yield and prices of other crops, experts said.
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