GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Russian Federation is the largest producer of barley in the world with around 14% of the global production. The annual average production in Russia is around 18 million tonnes. Germany and France are in the second and the third positions respectively in barley production in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the data, in the local marketing year 2021/22, approximately 17.5 million metric tons of barley was produced in Russia. The estimated production volume of barley was forecast to reach around 21 million metric tones by 2022/23.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the IGC, the Russian corn crop in 2020-21 is now forecast at 13.5 million tonnes, down from the earlier estimate of 14 million and from the 14.3 million produced in the previous year. The forecast for barley is unchanged at 20.5 million tonnes, up from 19.5 million in 2019-20.