# Mint Primer: Making sense of India’s record food production | Mint

> India's Agriculture Ministry estimates record 2022-23 food grain production of 329.7 million tonnes, up 4.5%, with rice up 4.9% and wheat up 2.6%. The figures contrast with the government's continued export curbs on wheat and rice.

- Date: 2023-10-22 · published 2023-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33583-mint-primer-making-sense-of-india-s-record-food-production-mint
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Record production data suggests Indian supplies could be looser than the export curbs imply, so if policy eases, global rice and wheat prices could come under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2024-07-30 | [India’s grain production remains strong \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29226-india-s-grain-production-remains-strong-world-grain.md) | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| RICE | 2024-12-19 | [Record-breaking achievements in agricultural product consumption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11560-record-breaking-achievements-in-agricultural-product-consumption.md) | -6.1% | -0.1% |
| RICE | 2025-11-11 | [India’s lifting of rice export ban helped cool global food prices, says WTO \| Today News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21916-india-s-lifting-of-rice-export-ban-helped-cool-global-food-prices-says-wto.md) | +3.1% | -0.3% |
| RICE | 2016-12-13 | [International Maize, Wheat, Rice Prices Remain Down, According to Latest FPMA Report \| Food Security Portal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73523-international-maize-wheat-rice-prices-remain-down-according-to-latest-fpma.md) | -3.9% | -4.7% |
| RICE | 2025-02-12 | [Midsouth Rice Production and Trade Update for 2024/25](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26131-midsouth-rice-production-and-trade-update-for-2024-25.md) | +0.1% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-11 | [Most of record production being used](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44499-most-of-record-production-being-used.md) | +2.0% | +13.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-30 | [India’s grain production remains strong \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29226-india-s-grain-production-remains-strong-world-grain.md) | +4.9% | -3.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-06 | [India’s rice production on the rise \| 2020-11-06  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50116-india-s-rice-production-on-the-rise-2020-11-06-world-grain.md) | +0.0% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- livemint.com: https://www.livemint.com/industry/agriculture/making-sense-of-india-s-record-food-production-11697998173139.html

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