Editing Lentil (section)

== Production ==

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! colspan=2|Lentil production – 2022<ref name="fao">{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC|title=Production of lentils in 2022; Crops/World Regions/Production Quantity/Year from pick lists|year=2024|publisher=United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
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!  style="background:#ddf; width:75%;"| Country
!  style="background:#ddf; width:25%;"| <small>(Millions of [[tonne]]s)</small>
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|{{CAN}}||2.3
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|{{IND}}||1.3
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|{{AUS}}||1.0
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|{{TUR}}||0.4
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|{{RUS}}||0.3
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|'''World'''||'''6.7'''
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In 2022, global production of lentils was 6.7 million [[tonne]]s.  Canada produced the largest share, 2.2 million tonnes, or roughly 34% of the world's total output (table),<ref name=fao/> nearly all (95%) of it in  [[Saskatchewan]].<ref name="lentils">{{cite web|url=https://www.lentils.org/about-lentils/lentil-production/|title=Lentil production|publisher=Lentils.org, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers|date=2022|access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref> India was the world's second-largest producer, led by the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]], which together account for roughly 70 percent of the national lentil production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/India%20Production/AgriIndia_Productions.aspx?productcode=1008|title=India production of Lentil (Masur)|website=agriexchange.apeda.gov.in|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref>