An Analysis of development of wheat production in India

Yuvraj Chhatwal, BBA

Master's thesis

Abstract:

In many cuisines across the entire globe, wheat is a major cereal crop as well as one of the most common staple foods. Having an all-time high annual output of 763.06 million tons of grain, wheat is grown around the world over an area of roughly 220 million hectares. The largest amount of land cultivated with wheat is in India (14%), later being followed by Russia (12.43%), China (11.14%), and the USA (6.90%), which collectively make up nearly 45% of the world's land. Through a record 136mt of wheat produced, China is the world's largest producer. India, Russia, as well as the USA are next. The traditional wheat-growing nations that is China, India, Russia, the USA, Canada, Ukraine, and Pakistan collectively generated over 449 million tons (58%) of the world's total wheat production. In India wheat output has increased dramatically since the development and widespread use of high yielding wheat cultivars during the Green Revolution. In addition to assisting India in achieving self-sufficiency, wheat production and protection technology made it easier for the country to manage the seasonal variations in food grain output. Moreover, India has improved food security by making notable progress. Therefore, the study aims to analyze the development of wheat market in India from the period of 2005-2022. It aims to study the agricultural area under cultivation for wheat as per state, moreover the trends in import, export, production and consumption of wheat from the country and the factors responsible for the changes in the production and price of wheat. The research also aims to evaluate the importance of wheat commodity for India foreign trade, while performing the comparative analysis of Indian wheat production with the international wheat production, as well as calculating self-sufficiency ratio for India. The research study is quantitative in nature. Secondary data is being utilized from different sources. While percentage, trends, graphs and charts have been developed making use of Microsoft Excel for the graphical and tabular representation of data collected. While, SPSS software is used for hypothesis testing making use of various statistical tools like Correlation, Regression and Anova for data analysis and interpretation purpose.

Keywords

wheat production, commodity market, self sufficiency, India, Wheat trade, Wheat consumption

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 29. 3. 2024

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Karel Malec, Ph.D.
• Reader: Jana Skřivánková, B.E., externi

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme:
Economics and Management