Indian Cereals Saga: Standpoint and Way Forward

Cereals are synonyms of Indian food production, obviously due to its lion share (~ 90 %) in total Indian food basket. Since time immemorial, fate of Indian agriculture heavily depends upon the success of cereals production. Agriculture glory of India must be strengthened all the way through achieving self sufficiency in food production first; secondly by improving our agriculture image at global arena, by get redden off from net importer to net exporter, obviously through strong presence in global agriculture market. We are marching in the right direction; cereals are the leaders in the food commodity export especially rice “The Basmati Rice”. Since, as of now, Indian share in the world trade is meagre (~1.0%), there are needs to scale up to the tune of 6% in very quick succession. No doubt, Cereals and coarse cereals should be a front leader in this endeavourer. Since a lot more has to be done; we have to have adhered on do more policy. This article discuss at length on past glory, present status and future prospect of the great Indian food basket famously known as “The Cereals”.