What is the rank of India in the world in rice production?

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answered Mar 1, 2022 by ZebaParween (114k points)
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India rank in the second position in the world in rice production.
India produces 16.42 million metric tons of milled rice in that crop year.(2018-2019)
China stands in the first position in the production of Rice in the world.
China produced some 148.5 million metric tons of milled rice.

Rice is an edible starchy cereal grain. Virtually all of East and Southeast Asia is wholly dependent upon rice as a staple food.
The world’s rice crop is 95 percent eaten by humans
The cultivated rice plant is an annual grass and grows to about 1.2 meters in height.
The rice fibrous root system is often broad and spreading. The inflorescence is made up of spikelets bearing flowers that produce the fruit, or grain.