what are the food crops and cash crops grown in telangana.
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Explanation:
Farmers in Telangana mainly depend on rain-fed water sources for irrigation. Rice is the major food crop. Other important local crops are cotton, sugar cane, mango and tobacco. Recently, crops used for vegetable oil production, such as sunflower and peanuts, have gained favour.
Answer:
Crops of Telangana
Telangana state has considered agriculture as its primary goal to improve farmer community wellness, educate on latest technical farming knowledge, train framers to boost the agricultural production and productivity. In three major zones namely, Northern Zone, Central Zone and Southern Zone.Crops that are grown in Telangana are Rice, Maize/ Corn, Red Gram, Green Gram, Jowar, Sesame, Castor, Cotton, Groundnut, Soyabean , Black Gram to mention a few.
Rice
Telangana is in the rice bowl of South India, and RICE is cultivated in about 44 lakh acres. In the recent past, climatic changes have greatly influenced the amount rainfall, due to which the area cultivated with RICE has decreased.
Maize/Corn:
Maize (Corn) is the second major cultivated crop in the state of Telangana in around 14 lakh acres producing annually 16 Lakh tonnes. It is used for human food and animal feed; it is also now widely used in corn starch industry, baby corn production etc.
Jowar / Sorghum:
Jowar is an important Rabi season crop cultivated in around 1.20 lakh acres of land across the state. Sorghum or corn popularly knowns as “Jowar” in India. It is used for human consumption, fodder animal feed, and for the production of starch, adhesive, paper, etc.
Cotton
In India, it is widely cultivated in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana regions and stands in the 3rd position in cotton production. Cotton is popularly called as “White Gold” and is grown in most of the parts of Telangana. Each year cotton is cultivated in about 12.5 lakh hectares with a production of 48 lakh bales.
Castor
Castor is one of the major oil production crops of Telangana. Approximately 80000-85000 hectares of land is cultivated with castor, the average yield harvested is 633 kilograms of castor seeds per hectare. The oil extracted from Castor seed is used widely for various purposes. It is cultivated in Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy, Medak and Karimnagar districts of Telangana.
Groundnut
Groundnut is cultivated in 2.0 lakh hectares across Telangana region making it one of the major crops of the state. It is widely grown in Mahbubnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda and Karimnagar Districts. Crop rotation is very important in Groundnut farming, this helps to utilize nutrients efficiently utilization and to reduces soil borne diseases.
Soyabean
Soya beans is one of the most widely cultivated crops in the world as an Oil seed and a Legumes crop. Soya beans contains 36% protein, 30% carbohydrates and 20% oil. Annually, soya bean is cultivated in India in about 110 lakh hectares to produces 147 lakh tonnes. It is mainly grown in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana and Chhattisgarh.
Red Gram
Pigeonpea is popularly called as Red Gram. It is cultivated in 2.75 lakh hectares across Telangana state. It is the major crop for Mahbubnagar, Adilabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Warangal and Khammam districts.
Green Gram
Green Gram is popularly known as “Moong Dal” and is cultivated in approximately 1.5 lakhs hectares across Telangana. This crop is widely grown in Nalgonda, Medak, Warangal, Mahbubnagar and Khammam districts across the state. This pulses crop is high source of protein (~24%).
Black Gram
Black Gram popularly known as “Urad Dal” is one of the important pulse crops (protein ~25%). This crop is resistant to adverse climatic conditions and helps to improve the soil fertility by fixing nitrogen in the soil. It is grown around 55,000 hectares of land across Telangana in Nizamabad, Medak and Adilabad.
Sesame
Sesame is one of the oldest oilseed crops and popularly known as “Gingelly” or “Til”. This crop is cultivated as Summer, Kharif and semi-Rabi crops in 25,000 – 30,000 acres across the state
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