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how food/crop is important . essay
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Answer 1

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Food crops have attracted highest attention of our planners, policy makers, administrators and ag­ricultural scientists.

It is in these crops, particularly in wheat, maize, bajra, jowar, and rice high yielding varieties have been developed and Green Revolu­tion has set in. Whenever the production of these crops is adversely affected due to the vagaries of the weather famine and drought conditions develop which often lead to the political turmoil and instability.

In recent years efforts are being made to popularise dry farming and introduce Green Revolution technol­ogy to augment the production of coarse grains and pulses so as to improve the availability of food grains and nutrition level of the weaker section of the Indian society.

Food crops include cereals and pulses amongst which rice, wheat, jowar, bajra, maize, barley, ragi (as cereals), gram and tur (as pulses) are important.

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Answer 2

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Rice is the most important staple food crop of India, which feed more than half of our population. India is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China and contributes nearly one third of the world’s production of rice. It occupies above 40 million hectares of land.

Rice can be grown on different altitude so long as its temperature requirements are satisfied. For example it is grown in Kashmir at height of 2000 m and in Kuttanand region in Kerala which is below sea-level.

Conditions of Growth:

It grows best in warm, humid areas with temperatures ranging between 20″C and 40°C and receiving a well-distributed rainfall of about 150 cm or having irrigation facilities. During the ripening stage, it needs temperatures ranging between 18°C to 32°C. It is mainly an irrigated crop in areas having less than 100 cm rainfall. The 100 cm isohyte divides the country into two broad agriculture zones.

Production and Distribution:

Over the year, fluctuating trends have been observed in the production of the barley, but the production has definitely declined by over 50 per cent in four decades from 28.19 lakh tonnes in 1960-61 to 14.06 lakh tonnes in 2002-03. More conspicuous is the decline in area under barley which had came down from 32.05 lakh hectares in 1960-61 to a meagre 6.93 lakh hectares in 2002-03.

However the yield has recorded two and a half times increase during the same period. The probable cause of decline in area and production is more importance being given to main food crops, particularly to wheat. This is not good for balanced growth of agriculture and must be checked.

Among the states, Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer contributing 5.64 lakh tonnes (40.1% of the total India). Next come Rajasthan with 4.47 lakh tonnes (31.79%) in 2002-03. Some barley is also produced in Madhya Pradesh (102 thousand tonnes), Punjab (85 thousand tonnes), Haryana (81 thousand tonnes) etc.

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