Hello Friends here we come up with another write up on “Commodity Corner Series”.
Here we would touch upon the importance of Maize crop in Indian commodity market and its relevance in the context of Indian Scenario
CORN………. “The Un-discovered Legend”
Maize, also known as corn, is a cereal which is an important crop after rice and wheat.
The domestication of maize has been dated back as far back as 12,000 years ago. Today, maize is widely cultivated throughout the world, in a greater size with top producing countries like United States, China, Brazil, France, Indonesia, India and South Africa.
Indian Scenario:
Andhra Pradesh is now the largest producer contributing around 21% of annual maize production.
India ’s area harvested of maize and yield have risen by mainly on account of rising production of single cross hybrids seeds, its demand and increasing acceptability among farmers.
In India, its cultivation extends from the hot arid plains of Rajasthan and Gujarat to the wet hills of Assam and Bengal.
There are three distinct seasons for the cultivation of maize:
the main season is kharif;
next is Rabi in Peninsular India and Bihar and
in spring in northern India.
Normally, higher yields have been recorded in the rabi and spring crops.
Over 85 per cent of the maize acreage is sown under rain-fed conditions during the monsoon when over 80 per cent of the annual rainfall is received.
However, this year due to the erratic monsoon production has been affected, as a result of which maize prices have been in uptrend since the withdrawal of monsoon from the country.
During 2008-9, Indian exported 3 million tonnes of maize and 12,000 tonnes of maize seed worth of Rs 2,400 crore and Rs 2,000 crore respectively.
Stay Tuned for more on this.
In next blog we would touch upon the issues like Potential source of demand for Maize crop, Industrial Demand and PVO (Price-volume-open Interest) of MAize crops.
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