NATURAL RESOURCES OF INDIA
FOREST CONSERVATION IN INDIA
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Fruits
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Rice
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Jowar
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Bajra
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mountain soil is suitable for various plantation crops. The crops grown in this soil are-tea, coffee, spices, wheat, barley, etc. Fruits like apples, oranges, cherries and different kinds of berries are grown in orchards in mountainous regions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Crops like the rice, tea, beans corn and squash and various variety of the vegetable are grown and these mountains soils. Mountain soil is enriched with fertile land tracks.
Detailed explanation-3: -They are generally infertile for the production of field crops, but useful for supplying forest products, such as timber and fuel. They are rich in humus, but are deficient in potash, phosphorus, and lime; thus, they require a large amount of fertilizers for plantations of tea, coffee, spices, and tropical fruits.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Himalayas are home to many non-traditional fruits with unexplored trade potential and nutritional value. To name just a few: Himalayan yellow raspberry (Rubus ellipticus), wild apricots (Prunus armeniaca), jangli seb (Malus baccata), amlok (Diospyros lotus) and dhurchuk (Hippophae rhamnoides).