Major crop producing state and country

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Largest three producing state of important crops during 2015-16

Crop	1st	2nd	3rd
Rice	West Bengal   (15.10%)	Uttar Pradesh   (11.99%)	Punjab   (11.33%)
Wheat	Uttar Pradesh   (28.74%)	Madhya Pradesh   (18.92%)	Punjab   (17.20%)
Maize  (www.agriexam.com)	Karnataka  (14.99%)	Madhya Pradesh   (11.83%)	Bihar   (10.99%)
Total Course Cereals	Rajasthan  (15.57%)	Karnataka  (15.04%)	Madhya Pradesh  (10.09%)
Total pulses	Madhya Pradesh  (31.07%)	Rajasthan (11.86%)	Maharashtra (8.56%)
Total food grains	Uttar Pradesh   (17.45%)	Madhya Pradesh   (11.98 %)	Punjab   (11.26%)

Oil seeds

Crop	1st	2nd	3rd
Groundnut	Gujarat  (34.84%)	Rajasthan  (15.60%)	Tamilnadu (13.03%)
Rapeseed and mustard	Rajasthan (47.93%)	Haryana  (11.80%)	Madhya Pradesh  (10.26%)
Soybean  (www.agriexam.com)	Madhya Pradesh  (57.13%).	Maharashtra (24.46%)	Rajasthan (11.63%)
Sunflower	Karnataka (50%)	Haryana   (11.52%)	Andhra Pradesh   (6.97%)
Total oil seeds	Madhya Pradesh  (24.68%)	Rajasthan  (22.57%)	Gujarat  (16.21%)

Other cash crops

Crop	1st	2nd	3rd
Sugarcane	Uttar Pradesh  (41.28%)	Maharashtra (20.52%)	Karnataka   (10.93%)
Cotton (www.agriexam.com)	Gujarat   (32.18%)	Maharashtra  (21.56%)	Telangana  (12.80%)
Jude and Mesta	West Bengal   (74.31%)	Bihar   (15.14%)	Assam  (8.51%)

Globally producer of principal crop in 2014

Crop	1st	2nd	3rd
Rice	China (27.94%)	India   (21.19%)	Indonesia  (9.55%)
Wheat	China (21.54%)	India  (13.16%)	USA   (7.56%)
Maize  (www.agriexam.com)	USA   (34.71%)	China   (20.77%)	Brazil (7.68%) India 4th (2.28%)
Pulse	India   (25.79%)	Myanmar  (7.72%)	Kanada   (7.52%)
Sugar cane	Brazil (39.15%)	India  (18.70%)	China   (6.70%)
Groundnut (in sale)	China  (37.59%)	India  (14.94%)	Nigeria  (7.77%)

Source:- Directorate of economics and statics