 "Odisha targets 12 million tonne food grains output in FY18")
Anticipating good rainfall, the Odisha government has set a target 12.09 million tonne (mt) of food grain production in the ensuing Kharif and Rabi season for 2017-18.
For 2016-17, the state government had set a food grains production target of 11.12 mt. The target, as per the second advance estimate, included 1.6 mt and 9.463 mt production during the Rabi and Kharif seasons respectively
As per a government plan, the production target for this fiscal will be covering 6.72 million hectares of land with a yield of 1,799 kilogram (kg) per hectare.
In the cereals bracket, rice production is expected at 9.56 mt
