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Agriculture in India - II: Food Crops — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 10 · Geography
Agriculture in India - II: Food Crops revision notes for ICSE Class 10 Geography: 4 topics in quick points. Part of the ICSE Class 10 Geography syllabus.
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Rice: India’s Most Important Kharif Crop
- Rice is the most important crop of India and supports half of the Indian population.
- It is the staple food of the people living in north-east and southern India.
- It is a tropical as well as sub-tropical crop.
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Methods of Rice Cultivation
- Broadcasting method means seeds are scattered by hand over the field.
- Broadcasting is generally used for inferior quality seeds, so the yield is low.
- Dibbling means seeds are dropped at regular intervals in furrows made with the help of a plough or dibber.
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Wheat: India’s Most Important Foodgrain
- Wheat is the most important foodgrain in India and is the staple food of millions of Indians, especially in the north and north-west.
- India is the second largest producer of wheat after China and accounts for 8.7% of the world’s total wheat production.
- Wheat is a temperate crop.
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Pulses and Gram
- Pulses are also food grains and are called dal in everyday language.
- Gram, urad, moong, masur and arhar are the principal pulses.
- Pulses provide vegetable proteins to a very large vegetarian population of India.
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Rice is the most important cropRice needs deep fertile clayeyRice is grown by broadcastingRice is grown in almost allWheat is the most important foodgrain
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