Barley

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Barley is cultivated as a rabi crop in India, with sowing being undertaken from October to December and harvesting from March to May. .

India's annual production of Barley has been steadily around 1.**1.5 million tones in the recent years, with production in ******9 estimated to be around 1.*4 million tones. The area under cultivation has also stabilized at around 0.**0.8 lakh hectares, with a per hectare yield of around ***4 kg.

Latest state wise data available is that of ******6 from the Ministry of Agriculture. But it gives a fair picture of land use for the crop of barley. The major producers of Barley in the country are Rajasthan (*0%), Uttar Pradesh (*4%), Madhya Pradesh (8%), Haryana (6%) and Punjab (5%). Some cultivation is also undertaken in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttaranchal.

In addition, to direct human consumption barley is utilized by the beer industry, food processing industry and feed manufacturing industry in India. Annual demand from beer and feed industry is estimated to be around *0,**0 tones and *5,**0 tones respectively.

However, rising demand for beer among India's urban young consumers is leading to increased demand for barley malt from Indian beer manufacturing units. The country's beer consumption in volume terms is projected to grow by almost *1% percent between ***6 and ***1. During ******6, it is estimated to have grown by around *5% to over **7 million liters.

India's barley production is projected to increase to around 2 million tones in a couple of years to meet the rising demand for barley malt.