Mention any two cash crops of India.
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answer:
if very short answer then
cotton and sugarcane
Explanation:
if 30 to 40 words then ⇅
The major crops can all be divided into four main categories depending on their usage. 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.)
❋ In simple words, Cash crops as the name says, refers to the production of crops that are generally used for direct sale rather than general use in home. Theese are commercially grown in large scale.
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♦️Answer:- Two main cash crops of India are:-
- Tea and coffee
- Sugarcane
- Cotton and jute
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◈Know More....
☘TEA:
It is important beverage crop introduced in Indua during colonial period. Today most of the tea plantations are owned by Indians. The tea crop griws well in tropical and subtropical climate and well drained soil with a lot of humus and organic matter. Major Tea prodcing states are Assam, Hills of Darjeeling, West Bengal, Tamil Nady, HP, Meghalaya etc.
☛ India is the leading producer as well as exporter of tea in the world.
☘SUGARCANE:
Sugarcane is also a tropical or subtropical crop and needs an average rainfall. They also need short dry winter during ripening and harvesting. It grows well in dark loamy soils and also black soils. It is the main source of gur, sugar, khandasari and sugar molasses. Major sugarcane producing states are Maharastra, UP, Karnataka, TN, AP etc.
☛India is the second leading producer of Sugarcane after Brazil.
☘COTTON:
It is believed that cotton is India ' s home plant. It is the raw material for cotton industry. It grows best in black cotton soil of Deccan plateau. It requires high temperature, light rainfall ,210 frost free days and bright sunshine. Major cotton producing states are Maharastra, Gujarat, Karnataka, TN, AP, Punjab, UP.
☛India is the second leading producer of cotton after China.