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Article: Maize production may rise 15-20 pc this Kharif.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- June 25, 2008
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Maize production may rise 15-20 pc this Kharif
New Delhi, June 25 (PTI) India's maize production is likely to go up by 15-20 per cent to 18 million tons this Kharif season as farmers are diversifying to this crop in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
"We expect maize production to increase at least 15-20 per cent this Kharif," President of Indian Maize Development Association S K Singh said.
India is estimated to have produced 18.54 million tons of maize in 2007-08, out of which 14.82 million tons came from Kharif season, which is the post-summer period when farmers in many parts of the country depend on monsoon rains.
Singh said farmers ...