# GIEWS Country Brief: India - Reference Date; 12-March-2021 - India | ReliefWeb

> India's government officially forecasts a record 2021 Rabi wheat crop of 109.2 million tonnes on a record 34.6 million hectares planted. The 2020 Kharif paddy crop was also estimated at a record 159 million tonnes, and cereal exports in 2020/21 are forecast well above the five-year average.

- Date: 2021-03-12 · published 2021-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48075-giews-country-brief-india-reference-date-12-march-2021-india-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Record Indian wheat and rice supplies and strong export availability add downward pressure on global wheat and rice prices and feed-grain alternatives.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-25 | [GIEWS Country Brief: India 24-March-2025 - India \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25549-giews-country-brief-india-24-march-2025-india-reliefweb.md) | -1.9% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-11 | [Daily Market Wire 12 March 2025 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25517-daily-market-wire-12-march-2025-grain-central.md) | +5.7% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2023-07-17 | [Food Security Update (July 13, 2023) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5095-food-security-update-july-13-2023-world-reliefweb.md) | +2.4% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2023-07-13 | [Key data in USDA's July 12 Wasde report, and difference from market expectations - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34984-key-data-in-usda-s-july-12-wasde-report-and-difference-from-market-expectations.md) | +3.7% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-13 | [India: India Grain and Feed - Quarterly Update - March 2024 \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31142-india-india-grain-and-feed-quarterly-update-march-2024-usda-foreign.md) | +0.6% | +3.6% |
| RICE | 2022-12-01 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Liberia 01-Dec-2022 - Liberia \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8183-giews-country-brief-liberia-01-dec-2022-liberia-reliefweb.md) | -6.2% | +0.5% |
| RICE | 2024-06-13 | [Food Outlook - Biannual Report on Global Food Markets, June 2024 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17024-food-outlook-biannual-report-on-global-food-markets-june-2024-world-reliefweb.md) | -1.3% | +7.3% |
| RICE | 2018-06-13 | [India’s food grain production to reach new record \| World-grain.com \| June 13, 2018 14:12 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64486-india-s-food-grain-production-to-reach-new-record-world-grain-com-june-13-2018.md) | +2.4% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/india/giews-country-brief-india-reference-date-12-march-2021

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