India is set to become the world’s largest producer of lentil (masoor) during the 2023-24 crop year on account of higher acreage, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar said Friday. This is significant for India which, despite being among the world’s top five lentil growers, second only to Canada, depends on imports to meet its domestic demands.
“I was looking at the lentil numbers, masoor production numbers, and this year, the numbers are going to be at an all-time high. And I was told by experts yesterday that our lentil production may probably be the highest in the world as a country this year,” Singh said during a roadshow ahead of the Global Pulse Conference (GPC), being held in February in New Delhi.
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