Madhya Pradesh farmers encountered a distressing anomaly during the rabi season's wheat planting, discovering that the seeds provided by the agricultural department were infested with insects, exacerbating their existing challenges.
The increase in production area in Madhya Pradesh is not attributed to the increase in the yield of the wheat produced over the years with stagnant yield.
हिंदी | मध्यप्रदेश में सरकारी गेंहूं की खरीद उसके लक्ष्य से काफी कम रही है। जहां मध्यप्रदेश का लक्ष्य 80 लाख टन गेंहूं की खरीद का था वो 18 मई तक 47.2 लाख टन तक ही पहंच पाई है।
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India is a major producer of wheat, ranking second in the world. Since 2000, there has been a 17% increase in the area of land used for wheat cultivation, resulting in a 40% increase in wheat production.
Rising global temperatures are leading to shifts in seasons and an increase in extreme weather events, such as droughts and heat waves, which pose a significant threat to harvests and food supplies.
Wheat is a staple food. It is consumed by the rich as well as the poor. Wheat is a Rabi crop in India which is sown in November-December and harvested around April.
The heatwave is extremely intensifying this summer. In India, the highest temperature of a city such as Rajgarh has exceeded 46.5 degrees celcius while other parts of the nation