AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE AND ITS TYPES
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Question
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Oil Seeds
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Wheat
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Rice
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All of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -India is the 4th largest oilseeds producer in the world. It has 20.8% of the total area under cultivation globally, accounting for 10% of global production. The country produces groundnut, soybean, sunflower, sesamum, niger seed, mustard and safflower oilseeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. India is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world. 2. Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer of groundnut.
Detailed explanation-3: -India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and cotton.
Detailed explanation-4: -Though soybeans are the most produced type of oilseed, the world’s leading vegetable oil is palm oil. In 2021/2022, about 73.83 million metric tons of palm oil was produced worldwide. In comparison, the production volume of soybean oil amounted to around 59.26 million metric tons in that year.
Detailed explanation-5: -India is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world. Main oil-seeds produced in India are groundnut, mustard, coconut, sesamum (til), soyabean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseed and sunflower. Most of these are edible and used as cooking mediums. More items