 "Foodgrain export likely to be $40 bn in 2012-13")
The country has shipped foodgrains worth $20-25 billion so far. The export is expected to touch $40 billion by the end of 2012-13 fiscal, Anwar told PTI.
Foodgrains production in the country is expected to scale up to 250 million tonnes (MT) in 2012-13. Out of this, 240 MT foodgrain production has already been achieved.
The Minister said there was tremendous scope for improvement of agriculture in the eastern states. Keeping this in mind, the Union government has launched a special scheme to achieve second green revolution in Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha and Assam.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had a meeting with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar recently during which he gave details of a five-year agriculture roadmap formulated by the state government. Pawar, he had said, assured all help to the Bihar CM for the success of the roadmap for 2012-17.