Question

What are millets? why is millet a very important food crop in India?
(class 10 CBSE SAMPLE PAPER 2017-18 SOCIAL SCIENCE)

Answer 1

Solution:

The term 'millet’ includes a number of coarse or inferior grains that have high nutritive value like Bajra, Jowar and Ragi. Millets are also known as ‘dry crops’ because they are grown in the drier parts of the country.

Millets are very important for crops in India because:

1.Millets are nutritious. Jowar is is very rich in calcium, While Ragi is rich in Iron and Calcium as well as roughage.

2. They can be grown on less fertile soil where rice or wheat cannot be grown.

3. Millets such as Bajara are used both as a food and as fodder crop.

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Answer 2

Heya,

Answer to your question is:-

-» Millets are coarse grains like Ragi, Bajra and Jowar.They are highly nutritious and are generally used by rural people.

-» Millets are important because:
• They can bridge the food gap that can be created by the implementation of a food security law.

• They require much less water to grow than rice and wheat do.

• They are capable of delivering higher tonnage per hectare than wheat and rice with modern agronomic technology and improved crop varieties.

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@Ashu