“…Rice is India's most significant staple food, consumed by around 65 percent of the population [3]. It is grown in almost all states, but West Bengal (13.79 percent), Uttar Pradesh (13.34 percent), Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (12.84 percent), Punjab (11.01 percent), Odisha (6.28 percent), Chhattisgarh (5.61 percent), Tamil Nadu (5.54 percent), Bihar (5.19 percent), Assam (4.41 percent), Haryana (3.88 percent), and Madhya Pradesh are the major rice producing states (3.86 percent).and it provides two-thirds of a person's calorie supply and one-half of total protein consumption [4]. Rice is special in that it can be produced in damp conditions when many other crops cannot.…”