Question

Distinguish between food crop and cash crop.

Answer 1

Cash-crop farming is the practice of growing crops to be sold for a profit. ... The word Food crops refers to a crop, such as rice or wheat, that is grown for human consumption . In the other hand , cash crops refers to a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)!!

Answer 2

Answer:

Basically there are four Categories of Crops :

Food Crops (Wheat, Maize, Rice, Millets and Pulses etc.)

Cash Crops (Sugarcane, Tobacco, Cotton, Jute and Oilseeds etc.)

Plantation Crops (Coffee, Coconut, Tea, and Rubber etc.)

Horticulture crops (Fruits and Vegetables)

Let’s come to the difference between food crops and cash crops

Food Crops:

Food crops are any plants intentionally grown with the primary purpose of being eaten by humans or animals. The vast majority of store-bought fruits, vegetables and grain-based foods started in this category like :

Grains

Dried beans and legumes

Seeds and nuts

Vegetables

Fruit

Cash Crops:

Cash crop is an Agricultural produce which makes the profit in return of selling by grown of crops. cash crops grown for sale rather than for personal use by the grower or cultivator. The cash crops can be divided into three groups :

Fibers

Drugs and Beverages

Oilseeds.

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