LUCKNOW: The early heat wave has impacted the Rabi crop in the state this year with production of wheat taking a hit, Food Corporation of India officials informed Union minister of state for food and public distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti who was reviewing the status of wheat procurement in Lucknow on Monday.
Though it was common to harvest wheat till April, the heat wave this year compelled farmers to reap it early. “Normally, a farmer gets up to 8 quintals of wheat from one bigha land. But this time, getting 3 quintal was difficult,” said Sadhvi.
