The government of Rajasthan has revised the production forecast for guar seed marginally upwards in the second advanced estimates, announced late Tuesday evening.
The state contributes nearly 50 per cent of the national output. With this revision, the guar seed output is estimated to rise to 1.21 million tonnes (mt), as compared to 1.14 mt in the first advanced estimate made by the government in September 2011. Total guar seed production during the last season was recorded at 1.2 mt.
The revision also lifted sowing to 3.1 million hectares (ha) in the second advance estimate as compared to 2.9 million ha in the first estimate. During last season, however, the sowing was three million ha.