Question

.:
(A): India is the second largest
producer of fruits and vegetable in the world.

(R) : Practice of growing, fruits
and vegetables is called
Sericulture.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.It ranks second in fruits and vegetables production in the world, after China. As per National Horticulture Database published by National Horticulture Board, during 2015-16, India produced 90.2 million metric tonnes of fruits and 169.1 million metric tonnes of vegetables.

2.Horticulture is a science of studying garden plants. Horticulture is an aesthetic science that deals with the important crops which are grown in the gardens e.g., vegetable crops in vegetable garden, fruit crops in fruit orchards.

Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of silk.

Silviculture is the practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values.

Apiculture is beekeeping.