Question: Madhya Pradesh is known as highest producer of which among the following ?
Options:
Cotton
Soyabeans
Rice
Groundnut
🌾 Soyabean Farming in Madhya Pradesh
→ Farming of Soyabeans was first started in Dewas district.
→ Initially, it was a pilot project.
→ Madhya Pradesh is also called the Soyabean Capital of India.
→ Ujjain is the highest producer of Soyabean in Madhya Pradesh.
→ Excluding Singrauli, all other districts have soybean farming.
📌 Additional Information
→ Cotton is one of the important crops of Madhya Pradesh.
→ In Madhya Pradesh, 3/4th of the total production of cotton comes from the Indore Region.
→ The main cotton producer districts are Khandwa, Badwani, Dhar, Khargon, Burhanpur, Ratlam, and Chhindwada.
→ Rice is the second largest produced crop of Madhya Pradesh.
→ Madhya Pradesh produces 3% of the total rice production in India.
→ Balaghat is the largest producer of rice in Madhya Pradesh.
→ Groundnut is the third-largest produced crop in Madhya Pradesh.
→ Groundnut contains Vitamin A1, B1, and B2.
→ Main areas for production of groundnut are Khargon, Badwani, Chhindwada, Seoni, Betul, Datiya, Shivpuri, Tikamgarh, and Chhatarpur.