AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE AND ITS TYPES
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wheat
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sugarcane
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sweet potato
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maize, rice are the main food crops. Cash crops are sugarcane, tapioca, ginger and cotton. Pigs and fowls are reared by many farmers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sweet potato is grown widely in tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world. In India, it is largely grown in north and eastern parts of India comprising of Odisha, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh which together contributes to 90 per cent of the production in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Due to their growing requirements, sweet potatoes are primarily grown on a large commercial scale in the southern United States. Since 1971, North Carolina is the leading sweet potato production state, producing approximately 60 percent of all sweet potatoes grown in the country (USDA NASS, 2020).