Wheat Production In India: Last year, the heat had wreaked havoc on wheat. This time the farmers were hopeful that the farmers would get bumper hopes in wheat. But the current weather conditions are becoming. It is being speculated from them that in the coming days the health of wheat may deteriorate due to increased heat. Experts say that the first week of February has become very hot in a wheat producing state like Madhya Pradesh. If this situation continues, then its effect can be seen a lot on wheat production. In many other states also the condition of wheat is said to be very bad.
Central government constituted the committee
In the last season, the effect of wheat on wheat affected the production significantly. This year once again the temperature has become very hot in the middle of February itself. Due to this, there is a possibility of affecting the production of wheat on a large scale. What will be the damage to the wheat crop. Regarding this, a monitoring committee has also been constituted at the level of the central government. The Agriculture Commissioner will head this committee.
Temperature will be above normal in these states
Increase in temperature can be recorded not only in one state, but also in other states. The Meteorological Department has predicted that the temperature in Gujarat, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand may be higher than normal. A committee has been constituted to monitor the wheat crop in these states. Officials say that the way the heat has increased. Keeping this in mind, the committee of the Ministry of Agriculture will advise the farmers to do micro irrigation. The responsibility of chairing the committee has been entrusted to Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Praveen. Other members of the committee will also include representatives of wheat producing states.
January became the coldest, February became the warmest
Central government officials say that this time wheat has been sown in a record area in the country. Although experts say that the effect of high temperature will hardly be seen on the ground. The reason behind this is that there has been more sowing of temperature resistant crop of wheat in the country. The temperature has increased very fast in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. But even more noteworthy is that due to the change in temperature, the month of January has become the coldest and February the hottest according to the season. Its effect will be clearly seen on the crops.
Wheat can be 11.22 million tonnes
The production of wheat in the year 2022-23 season from July to June is estimated to be 112.2 million tonnes. The reason behind this is that this time the area under wheat has increased in the country as compared to last year. Last year, the productivity of wheat decreased due to heat wave. The production of wheat in the country was only 107.7 million tonnes.
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