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Keywords: Oryza sativa, area, production and productivity of rice, increases due to modern rices, emerging trends in rice demand, emerging trends in rice supply, strategies to increase rice production, increase area, increase area planted to rice, irrigated rice, raising yield potential, rainfed rice, biotechnology, wheat,