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Agricultural growth	117		[57th of 149]
Agricultural machinery > tractors	4,760,000		[1st of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland	179,000 thousand hectares		[2nd of 148]
Arable land > hectares	174,448,000 hectares		[1st of 199]
Area > Corn	28,710,000		[2nd of 21]
Area > Rice	1,210,000		[15th of 23]
Cereal production	117 thousand metric tons		[57th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare	6,453.8 kg/ha		[10th of 171]
Cotton exports	12,000 thousand bales		[1st of 109]
Cotton production	17,559		[2nd of 109]
Food production index	107.5 %		[81st of 182]
Grains > Corn production	259,273 thousand metric tons		[2nd of 17]
Grains > Rice consumption	3,882 thousand metric tons		[13th of 17]
Grains > Rice production	6,174 thousand metric tons		[12th of 16]
Grains > Wheat consumption	33,203 thousand metric tons		[6th of 15]
Grains > Wheat production	63,590 thousand metric tons		[5th of 17]
Labor share	2%		[145th of 149]
Meat production	35,085 thousand metric tons		[2nd of 149]
Products wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products
Tractors	4,800,000		[2nd of 147]

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