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  • Why is India importing edible oilseed?
  • This crop accounts for nearly one-third of the oil produced in India, making it the country’s key edible oilseed crop. Due to the gap between domestic availability and actual consumption of edible oils, India has to resort to import of edible oils.
  • Which country produces the most rapeseed mustard?
  • India is the third largest rapeseed-mustard producer in the world after China and Canada with 12 per cent of world’s total production (2006-07). This crop accounts for nearly one-third of the oil produced in India, making it the country’s key edible oilseed crop.
  • How many rapeseed-mustard varieties are there in India?
  • Concerted efforts over the last 41 years led to the development and recommendation of 146 rapeseed-mustard varieties after the inception of the All India Coordinated Research Project on Oilseeds in 1967 for varied cropping systems and situations.
  • How many quintals of rapeseed were produced in 1986-87?
  • During the period, 1986-87 to 2007-08, a total of 2290.9 quintals of breeder seed was produced for rapeseed-crops and supplied to various public and private organizations for multiplication and the supply of certified seed to the farmers.
  • What is the major oilseed crop of India?
  • Rapeseed-mustard group of crops is the major oilseed crop of India. Among the seven annual edible oilseeds cultivated in India, rapeseed-mustard contributed 28.6 percent in the total production of oilseeds as has been indicated below based on the average of five years during 2002-03 to 2006-07 (Table 1).
  • How rapeseed-mustard hybrid is developed in Indian mustard?
  • The development of hybrid in Indian mustard by National Research Centre on Rapeseed-Mustard, Bharatpur, namely NRCHB-506, through heterosis breeding using moricandia cytoplasmic genetic male sterility system is a major advancement in the field of varietal technology and allied research.