Climate-resilient wheat could increase India’s yield to 114 million tons

The upcoming rabi harvesting season may witness a historic milestone with the country’s wheat production poised to reach an unprecedented 114 million tonne (MT).

Farm experts attribute this optimistic forecast to the widespread adoption of high-yielding and climate-resilient wheat varieties, covering nearly 60 per cent of the wheat growing area, coupled with favourable weather conditions and timely advisories being issued to the farmers.

“In the past two years, a total 25 new varieties with climate resilient values have been identified. Eleven varieties were given to farmers this year,” said Gyanendra Singh, Director, ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal. He said the next target was to cover 80 per cent of the total area under wheat cultivation with the newly developed varieties.

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