Cash crops

Cash crops

INTRODUCTIONCash crops are crops grown for profit. The term is used to differentiate from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for the producer's family.

DEFINITIONSCash crop. A crop, such as tobacco, grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Cash crop. (Agriculture) a crop grown for sale rather than for subsistenceCollins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

IMPORTANT CASH CROPSSugarcane:Sugarcane is an important cash crop of India. Molasses, sugar and khandasari etc. are produced from the juice of sugarcane. India is the first; in the sugar can cultivate area point of view, in the world. Sugarcane cultivation needs temperature of 15 to 40 and rainfall of 100 to 150 centimeters and fertile loamy soil or hard soil. Sugarcane is cultivated from Kanyakumuri (southern part) to Punjab (north-west) but it is more cultivated in Uttar Pradesh.

SUGARCANEIndia has been known as the original home of sugarcane and sugar. The types of sugars produced are:Bakers sugarBarley sugarBrown sugarCandy sugar

Tea:India is first in the cultivation of tea in the world. Tea cultivation needs hot climate, excess rainfall and sloppy soil. Due to this tea is cultivated only in excess rainfall and sloppy areas of hills. Tea is found more in Assam. But it is also cultivated in Karnataka, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.

Coffee:Coffee cultivation needs hot and wet climate and fertile sloppy land. Coffee needs more temperature than tea. So it is cultivated in southern part of India. Coffee tree cannot bear direct sunshine and so it is cultivated under the shade of big trees and it grows rapidly beneath the big, trees. Coffee cultivation is found in the States of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu.

RUBBER:Rubber: Rubber is another cash crop. Rubber is needed by different industries and transport industry in this modern age. Rubber is both natural and artificial. Rubber is produced through chemical processes in an artificial way. Rubber needs equatorial climate to grow but it is now cultivated in hot and wet climate garden in natural way. Rubber is cultivated in the State of Kerala in India. Except Kerala, it is found in the Andaman Nicobar Islands, Kurgan of Karnataka State and Chicmagalur district etc.

Oilseeds:Groundnut, mustard, rapeseed, linseed and caster help us to get our edible oil. Oil is also extracted from coconut. Out of these oils, some oils are used in the preparation of cosmeticsINDIA is the first leading producer of groundnut and second in linseed.

How Are Cash Crops Important.Indias major occupation is Agriculture.Due to climatic conditions and farmland availability India aces in cultivation of crops both for domestic and commercial use. Cash crops like cotton,wheat,groundnut,sugarcane and tobbaco are majorly cultivated and exported to other countries maitaining the economic stability of the country and also solves the problem of unemployment.

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