Agri Buzz: Productivity Of Pulses And Oilseeds Up Substantially in last Three Years Says Government

22 Sep 2022 , 05:07 PM

According to a latest government update, from the year 2014-15, there has been a renewed focus on increasing the production of oilseeds and pulses. Oilseeds production has increased from 27.51 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 37.70 million tonnes in 2021-22 (4th advance estimates). Pulses production has shown similar increasing trend. The productivity of pulses and oilseeds have increased substantially in last 3 years. In case of pulses productivity has been increased from 727 kg/ha (2018-19) to 980 kg/ha (4th Adv. Estimates, 2021-22) i.e. 34.8% increase. Similarly, in oilseed crops productivity has been increased from 1271 kg/ha (2018-19) to 1292 kg/ha (4th Adv. Estimates, 2021-22).Powered by Commodity Insights