INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE AND ITS TYPES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is an example of Cash crops
A
Wheat
B
Jute
C
Millet
D
Rice
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some examples of cash crops are coffee, tea, sugarcane, spices, cotton, and jute.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jute, being one of the major cash crops grown in West Bengal, covers about 5.15 lakh hectare land and shares about three-fourth of the total production of the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -In regions with a tropical climate, coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, bananas, oranges, cotton and jute are common cash crops.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jute is a bast fibre crop and can be harvested at any stage after a certain period of vegetative growth, usually between 100 to 150 days.

Detailed explanation-5: -Raw jute being bio-degradable and annually renewable source, it is considered as an environment-friendly crop and it helps in the maintenance of the environment and ecological balance. Further attraction of Jute lies in its easy availability, inexhaustible quantity at a comparatively cheaper rate.

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