Question

which of the following are water intensive crops a wheat and rice be wheat and sugarcane C sugarcane and rice the wheat and gram​

Answer 1

Wheat and rice are water intensive crops

Option:( a)

Explanation:

• With rice it is one of the staple food and India ranks to be among the largest producers.

• Wheat in combination with rice suck about 70% of the water used in crops at a global level.
• It is not about water as research experts found that rice and wheat along with other 5 crops emit greenhouse gases at an alarming level.

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Answer 2

Sugarcane and rice are water-intensive crops.

Option (C) id correct.

Explanation:

• Rice is a staple food rich in carbohydrates.
• It is an edible rain rich in starch and is a grassy plant.
• It can flourish in flooded soils because it absorbs a large amount of water.
• Similarly, sugarcane is a tall rigid plant and is used for the production of sugar.
• It also absorbs large amount of water from the ground.