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Increase in India’s maize exports.
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Maize cultivation
- Maize is regarded worldwide as the “queen of cereals”. It is one of the most important cereal crops in India after rice and wheat.
- It is extensively cultivated in States like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and Maharastra.
- Maize has the highest genetic yield potential among the cereals and is highly adaptable to various climatic changes.
- Maize is used as a staple food for humans and animals, it is also used as a raw material in the production of starch, oil, alcoholic beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, textile, gum, paper industries, etc.
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Trends in export of Maize in India
- The export of maize has clocked an all-time high of USD 816.31 million in the fiscal year 2021-22.
- Maize became a major foreign exchange earner under the commodities covered under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).
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