Lok Sabha Question No. 796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Yield of Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

TO BE ANSWERED ON

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 796 07 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## YIELD OF CROPS

796. DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्  याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  true  that  yield,  across  many  crops,  in  east  asian  countries especially of China is far higher than that of India despite of the fact that their average land holdings are lower than that of our country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any steps to increase the yield of crops; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  efforts  made  in  this  regard  along  with  the  details  of outcomes achieved during the last five years?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्  याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a):  The  yield  of  a  crop  depends  on  various  factors  such  as  weather  extremities, rainfall, soil type, agro-climatic condition, irrigation facilities, types of crops cultivated, use of fertilizers and pesticides, length of growing seasons, technology used etc. The yield  of  crops  varies  within  the  country  across  different  agro-climatic  regions.  The details of yield of various crops in East Asian countries along with India and China are given at Annexure.

(b) and (c):  National Food Security Mission (NFSM), a centrally sponsored scheme, is being implemented with the objective of increasing foodgrains production through area expansion and productivity enhancement in the identified districts of the country. Under  NFSM,  assistance  is given through state governments  to  farmers  for interventions like cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices, demonstrations on cropping system, distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs)/hybrids,  improved  farm  machineries/resource  conservation  machineries  / tools, efficient water application tools, plant protection measures, nutrient management  /  soil  ameliorants,  processing  &  post-harvest  equipments,  cropping system based trainings to farmers etc. The Mission also provides support to Indian

Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  &  State  Agricultural  Universities  (SAUs)  / Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  (KVKs)  for  transfer  of  technology  to  the  farmers  under supervision  of  subject  matter  specialists/scientists.  Further,  ICAR  is  continuously working  on  development  /  adoption  of  new  technologies,  upgradation  of  existing technologies  and  providing  quality  seeds  of  new  developed  varieties  of  crops  to farmers.  During  2017  to  2022,  a  total  of  1687  high  yielding  field  crop  varieties  / hybrids have been released for various agro-climatic region of the country comprising of  775  of  Cereals;  256  of  Pulses;  241  of  Oilseeds;  56  of  Sugarcane,  240  of  Fibre crops; 103 Forage Crops and 16 of other crops. The yield of foodgrains in the country has increased from 2235 kg. / hectare during 2017-18 to 2419 kg. / hectare in 202122 (4 th  Advance Estimates).

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 796 due for reply on 07/02/2023

|                                       | Crop Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Crop Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Crop Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Crop Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Crop Yield (Kg./Ha.)   |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Country                               | Rice #                 | Wheat                  | Maize                  | Millet                 | Lentil                 |
| India*                                | 4214                   | 3507                   | 3349                   | 885                    | 904                    |
| Japan                                 | 7497                   | 4986                   | 2679                   | 884                    | NA                     |
| China, Mainland                       | 7114                   | 5811                   | 6291                   | 3000                   | 2539                   |
| China, Taiwan Province of             | 6968                   | 2000                   | 6616                   | 1604                   | NA                     |
| Republic of Korea                     | 7114                   | 5000                   | 5132                   | 1000                   | NA                     |
| China, Hong Kong SAR                  | 2060                   | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3998                   | 1227                   | 3932                   | 1060                   | NA                     |
| Mongolia                              | NA                     | 1443                   | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |

Source - Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 2021

As per 4 th  Advance Estimates 2021-22         # - Rice in terms of paddy              NA - Not

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