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Question
Write the economic importance of rice.
Solution
Rice is the easily digestible calorie-rich cereal food that is used as a staple food in Southern and North East India. Various rice products such as Flaked rice (Aval), Puffed rice/parched rice (Pori) are used as breakfast cereals or as snack food in different parts of India. Rice bran oil obtained from rice bran is used for culinary and industrial purposes. Husks are used as fuel, and in the manufacture of packing material and fertilizer.
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