name some cash crops and food crops
Which of these brought more money to the farmers
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The major crops in India can be divided into four categories viz. Food grains (Rice, Wheat, Maize, Millets and Pulses), Cash Crops (Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane, Tobacco, and Oilseeds), Plantation Crops (Tea, Coffee, Coconut and, Rubber) and Horticulture crops such as Fruits and Vegetables.
· Crop | Scientific Name | Area Harvested (million ha)
· Wheat | Triticum aestivum | 211
· Rice, Paddy | Oryza sativa | 146
· Maize | Zea mays | 139
· Soybeans | Glycine max | 79
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