INDIAN CROPS

India is an agricultural country. Most of her people are farmers. They produce generally three classes of crops, such as food-crops commercial crops, comer and oil-seeds.

Food-crops:-

The main food-crops of India are rice, wheat, barley, maize and pulses. They are called cereals.

Rice:-

Rice is the staple food of many of the Indians. Rice is obtained from paddy. Paddy is grown in Odisha, Andra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Bihar, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Maharashtra.

Wheat:-

Wheat is the staple food of the North Indians. It is a winter crop. It is much more nutritious than rice itself. It grows mainly in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

Barley:-

Barley is a subsidiary food for the wheat-eaters. It is also diet for the patients. It is grown mainly in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Maize:-

Maize is a subsidiary food for the wheat-eaters. It is grown mainly in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Pulses:-

Pulses are full of vegetable protein. The vegetarian people get protein from the pulses only. Pulses are known as gram too. Hence, we say green gram, black gram, horse-gram, so on. Lentil is also a kind of pulse. Pulses are grown all over India.

Commercial crops:-

The main commercial crops of India are cotton, jute, hemp, tea, coffee and tobacco. Cotton, jute and hemp ate known as fibrous crops, because they are full of fibers.

Cotton:-

Cotton is used for making cloth. Indian cotton is not as good as American cotton, because the fibers of the Indian cotton are very small. But the fibers of the American cotton are very long. We get a kind of edible oil from the cotton-seeds. We call it cotton-seed oil. The cotton-seed cakes are a healthy food for the cattle. Cotton grows in plenty in the black cotton soil. Hence, it is grown in Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan And Saurastra.    

Jute:-

Jute is used making sacks and gunny bags. It grows mainly in Bengal.

Hemp:-

Hemp is used in making ropes and canvas. It mainly in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra And Bengal.

Tea:-

Indian is the largest tea-growing country in the world. Tea needs a heavy rainfall and slopy ground. Hence, it grows mainly in Assam. Some tea is grown in the Nilagiri hills in south.

Coffee:-

Coffee is grown mainly Mysore, Chenai  And Kerala.

Tobacco:-

India ranks third in production if tobacco. Tobacco is grown mainly in Andra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan And Punjab.

Sugar-cane:-

Sugar-cane is also a cash crop. It is grown Mainly in Uttar Pradesh And Bihar.

Oil-seeds:-

The main oil-seeds grown in India are linseed castor, ground-nut, mustard and til or sesamum. We also get oil from cotton-seeds and coconuts. Oil used as the medium of cooking. The oil from coconut is also used in making toilet soaps.

Conclusion:-

Since Independence, India has been passing through the plan-periods. She is making long strides in production crops though we do not feel it owing to increase in birth rate.

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