Question

"Wheat and rice farming in India are fairly
different from each other". Support the statement
with five suitable examples.
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Answer 1

Wheat

(i) It is a Rabi crop and a temperate crop.

(ii) It requires about 10-15° C temperature and a rainfall of 50-75 cms.

(iii) It requires well drained fertile soil.

(iv) Leading producers are Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

(v) It does not require much of labour.

Rice

(i) It is a Kharif crop and a tropical crop.

(ii) It requires more than 25°C temperature, high humidity with annual rainfall of above 100 cms.

(iii) It requires fertile alluvial soil with a clayey layer above.

(iv) Leading producers are West Bengal, Kerala and Punjab.

(v) It requires cheap labour for transportation