Indian Maize (Corn)

Export Data of Maize from India	Top 10 Country
	Bangladesh Vietnam Nepal Malaysia Myanmar Sri Lanka Bhutan Thailand Oman Taiwan

Maize is one of the major staple food and widely used across the world. In India, maize is cultivated in two season one in Kharif, which is rainy season and another in Rabi, which is winter season. Maize cultivated in Kharif season constitute around 83% of area whereas cultivated area of Rabi maize crop is around 13%.

Maize growing States :

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Bihar , Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh are growing around 80% of the total maize production in India.

 

States	% Production
Andhra Pradesh	20.9
Karnataka	16.5
Rajasthan	9.9
Maharashtra	9.1
Bihar	8.9
Uttar Pradesh	6.1
Madhya Pradesh	5.7
Himachal Pradesh	4.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Export Destinations (2020-21): Bangladesh, Vietna., Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar.

There are several varieties of maize cultivation done in India depending upon the soil and weather condition. Best soil condition is deep dark silt loam which gives better output of Maize production.

Some varieties of maize (corn) is listed below state wise which are produced in India :

 

S.No.	Cultivated Corn	Area of Maize Cultivation Practices	Season	Type
1	Gujarat Anand White Maize Hybrid-2 (GAWMH-2)	Gujarat	Kharif	Normal
2	MM 9344 (DMH 192)	Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.	Kharif	Normal
3	Bisco X 5129	Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu	Rabi	Normal
4	Pusa HM-9 Improved (AQH-9)	Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, UttarPradesh and West Bengal	Kharif	Quality Protein Maize (QPM)
5	PMH 10 (Hybrid)	Punjab	Spring	Normal
6	PratapMakka-9 (EC-3161)	Rajasthan	Kharif and Rabi	Normal
7	CO 6	Tamil Nadu	Kharif	Normal
8	Partap Kanchan-2 WC-236 (Y)	Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand	Kharif	Normal
9	HQPM-5	Across the country	Kharif	Quality Protein Maize (QPM)
10	Navin (D-741)	Uttar Pradesh	Kharif	Normal

Indian Maize is used for Mainly :-

Poultry Feed – around  47%

Livestock feed and food purpose – around 13%

Starch industry for industrial pupose – around 12%

Used in processed food – around 7%

Export and other purpose – around 6%