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On the back of a normal monsoon forecast, the Agriculture Ministry is targeting a record foodgrain production of 298.3 million tonnes for 202021, higher than the 291.95 million tonnes estimated for 201920. According to a presentation made by Agriculture Commissioner Suresh Malhotra at a National Conference on Agriculture Kharif 2020 Campaign on Thursday, both rice and wheat production targets are minimally higher than the previous year. However, the focus is on driving the growth in pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds. On Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department issued its first forecast for the monsoon, predicting normal rainfall, with a chance of above normal rain in August and September. The main kharif season crop is rice, and the Agriculture Ministry is targeting a harvest of 102.6 million tonnes, slightly higher than the last kharif season harvest of 101.95 million tonnes. However, it has lowered its rice production target for the next rabi season to 14.9 million tonnes. This means that the total rice production target for 202021 is 117.5 million tonnes, barely higher than the previous year's target of 117.47 million tonnes. Wheat production is also expected to remain steady, with a 202021 target of 106.5 million tonnes, in comparison to the previous year’s estimate of 106.21 million tonnes. The Agriculture Ministry hopes to ramp up production of coarse cereals this year, but admits that the challenge is how to create demand for nutri cereals or millets. It is targeting a harvest of 48.7 million tonnes in comparison to the previous season’s 45.24 million Tonnes. With regard to pulses, the target is 25.3 million tonnes compared to the previous season's estimates of 23 million tonnes, with the entire increase projected to come from the kharif season. The Ministry has also created an action plan for oil palm plantation, given the disruptions in imports. It hopes to cover 31,500 hectares with about 45 lakh seedlings this year, with the bulk of the plantation in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Answer the following questions from the above passage-
Q1. What is the prediction for the monsoon forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department this year?
Q2. Which is the main crop in kharif season?
Q3. What is in the presentation made by the Agriculture commissioner?
Q4. What is the action plan created by the Ministry for oil palm plantation ?
Q5. What is the challenge in the production of cereals?
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