Seed Requirement for future demand of major cereals and millets


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Authors

  • Shankar Lal
  • Rajeev Kumar Singh

Abstract

The projections for the demand of major cereals (rice, wheat and maize) and millets during 2015, 2020 and 2025 have been worked out of basis of projections on population and consumption pattern of these food grains. The projected demand for various crops in case of rice will be 23.39%, 30.74% and 32.84% years. In wheat, it will be 108.7%, 151.43% and 238.57% higher than that achieved in year 2010. In maize and bajra, future demand will be marginally higher than the production made during 2020. In jowar, the projected demand will be 108.7%, 15.43% and 238.5% higher over the production of 2010.

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Author Biographies

  • Shankar Lal
    Former Director, Indian Institute of Pulses
    Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208 024
  • Rajeev Kumar Singh
    Principal Scientist (Agronomy), Directorate of Seed Research, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh 275 103

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Submitted

2016-12-21

Published

2016-12-23

Issue

Vol. 66 No. 1 (2016): April Issue

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Lal, S., & Singh, R. K. (2016). Seed Requirement for future demand of major cereals and millets. Indian Farming, 66(1). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/66092