Maize

Context

• North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMC) has initiated its first ever export consignment of Maize to Bangladesh.

About Maize

• The predominant maize growing states that contributes more than 80 % of the total maize production are:

Andhra Pradesh (20.9 %) > Karnataka (16.5 %) > Rajasthan (9.9 %) > Maharashtra (9.1 %) > Bihar (8.9 %) > Uttar Pradesh (6.1 %) > Madhya Pradesh (5.7 %) > Himachal Pradesh (4.4 %)

• Temperature:Between 21-27°C
• Rainfall:High rainfall.
• Soil Type:Old alluvial soil.
• Maize is used both as food and fodder.
• The United States of America (USA) is the largest producer of maize contributes nearly 36% of the total production in the world.
• India is the seventh largest producer of Maizerepresenting around 4% of world maize area and 2% of total production.

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