India stands tall in gloomy world wheat scenario

New Delhi:While other leading wheat producing countries like China and U.S. are witnessing a decline in output, India has stood as an exception with an estimated record production of 84.27 tonnes of the staple foodgrain this year. Except for India, all the leading wheat growing countries like China, Russia, U.S., Canada and Australia are witnessing a downturn. "India is gaining internationally in the wheat production," S S Singh, Project Director of Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR. DWR is a Karnal-based institute affiliated to the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR). Backed by good monsoon, India, the second largest producer of wheat in the world, is tipped to harvest a record 84.27 million tonnes of wheat in 2011, according to the Agriculture Ministry's third estimates. But, the international scenario is not encouraging.