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Modest Gain in 2018-19 Pulse Harvest

PANAMA - Aug 20/19 - SNS -- Combined pulse production for India's 2018-19 kharif and rabi production cycles were increased modestly in the final crop report for the season, rising from 23.22 million metric tons (MT) to 23.4 million.

Minor increases were made in the estimated sizes of all categories of pulses, contributing to an overall increase in the country's food grain production from 281.38 to 285 million MT.

While last year's kharif season estimated food grain production dropped from 142.27 to 141.7 million MT, rabi season output advanced from 139.11 to 143.2 million MT. Total oilseed production was left mostly unchanged, inching up from 314.21 to 314.59 million MT.

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