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Which cash crop is second only to wheat in importance in Pakistan___________?

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Answer: D. Rice

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Rice serves as a major cash and staple crop in Pakistan, second only to wheat in its overall agricultural importance. Agricultural production data highlights rice as a leading export commodity that generates substantial foreign exchange revenue. Favorable monsoon seasons and extensive canal irrigation systems support vast rice-paddy cultivation across agrarian regions. Pakistan is renowned globally for cultivating high-quality aromatic rice varieties such as Basmati for international markets. The Indus basin provides fertile alluvial soil and abundant water supplies necessary for successful paddy farming. Agricultural exports contribute significantly to the national GDP and rural employment figures across the country.

Maize is an important cereal crop grown for fodder and industrial use, but it ranks behind rice in national economic value. Millet is a hardy dryland crop cultivated in arid tracts, lacking the massive commercial scale of rice production. Sugarcane is a major cash crop used for sugar manufacturing, but rice occupies the second position after wheat in overall importance.

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