| With a good progress of rains across the country, as policy makers are busy tracking the area being planted under different crops and the crops competing with each other for area, the agribased industry is worried about getting more yield from the same area.
With yields of most commodities barring wheat and rice, at half to two-thirds of the world average yields, processors and exporters think focus on improving yields is the only way to increase production. "Demand for soybean is more than its supply as the productivity levels have been stagnant. We cannot compete with the top soymeal exporting countries as our yields are just about one-third of the world average yields," said Devish Jain, chairman, Soybean Processors' Association of India (SOPA)...............................................Full Article: Source
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