of various cultures as the main dish has made it queen of rice.
Rice, an important food and cash crop, is the second staple food grain crop of Pakistan after wheat and major source of foreign exchange earning after cotton. It is planted on an area of over 2.57 million ha (10% of the total cropped area) and accounts for 17% of the total cereals produced annually. The annual production of milled rice is about 6.5 million tones sharing 4.9% in agriculture sector and 1.1% in GDP. Pakistan is famous