Chhattisgarh sets food grain production target at 9.5 mn tonnes for 2020-21

This is 3% above the output achieved in the previous crop season

Chhattisgarh had set a target to produce 9.5 million tonnes (MT) of food grain in the crop season 2020-21, up by about three per cent from the output achieved in the previous year.

The state had, however, failed to meet the target in the last crop season. As against the target of 9.32 MT, Chhattisgarh produced 9.2 MT of foodgrain. The acreage would remain unchanged as kharif crops would be taken in 482,000 hectares.

The sowing area of paddy in the state, which was once known as rice bowl of the country, had decreased by 5.27 per cent. This would not affect