INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Crops that are cultivated mainly for sale and getting more profits are called cash crops. These crops are economically more favorable because of the profits and generally do not include staple food crops. Examples: cotton, tea, coffee, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Well-known cash crops include coffee, tea, cocoa, cotton, and sugarcane.

Detailed explanation-3: -A cash crop or profit crop is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit.

Detailed explanation-4: -The type of agriculture that is practised with the aim of selling the produce in the market to earn profit is called commercial farming or commercial agriculture.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cash crops are agricultural crops that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit, as distinguished from subsistence crops planted for the purpose of self-supply of the farmer (like livestock feeding or food for the family).