HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Asia is noted for several plantation cash crops, of which the most important are tea, rubber, palm oil, coconuts, and sugarcane. Jute, a commercial fibre, though it has decreased in significance, remains a major export crop of Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rice is by far the most important crop throughout Asia-90% of the world’s production and consumption occurs in this region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rice based cropping system is described as a mix of farming practices that comprises of rice as the major crop, followed by the subsequent cultivation of other crops. Inter-cropping of rice and other compatible crops is also widely practiced in this system.