**2. Oilseed area and production**

Globally among oilseed crops, largest production is recorded in soybean followed by canola/ rapeseed, sunflower, groundnut, cottonseed, oilpalm and copra. Some of the common oilseed crops, their oil content and uses are explained in **Table 1**. During the year 2021–2022, soybean production was 364 metric million tonnes. On consumption level, soybean oil is the most preferred, followed by canola and oilpalm [20]. Among vegetable oils, palmoil records highest annual yield and is continuously increasing in the recent years. South-Asian countries like Malaysia and Indonesia contributes to 85% of production. Soybean followed by rapeseed is the next important oilseed crop with higher yield [14]. Major producers of soybean includes China, USA, Argentina, Brazil etc. Countries like China, Canada, EU are major producers of mustard crop during 2017–2018. China and India are major producers of groundnut oil. Sunflower is a major oilseed crop in Ukraine, Russia and EU. South East Asian countries, Philippines are major producers of coconut oil. Approximately, 25 million hectares globally is

