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India is one of the world's largest producer of white rice, accounting for 20% of all world rice production. Rice is India's preeminent
crop, and is the staple food of the people of the eastern and southern parts of the country.[1] Production increased from 53.6 million
tons in FY 1980 to 74.6 million tons in FY 1990, a 39 percent increase over the decade. By FY 1992, rice production had reached
111 million tons, second in the world only to China with its 182 million tons.[1] Since 1950 the increase has been more than 350
percent. Most of this increase was the result of an increase in yields; the number of hectares increased only 40 percent during this
period. Yields increased from 1,336 kilograms per hectare in FY 1980 to 1,751 kilograms per hectare in FY 1990. The per-hectare
yield increased more than 262 percent between 1950 and 1992.[1]