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Agriculture in India - II: Food Crops

ICSE · Class 10 · Geography

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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.
2

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.
3

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 fourth largest producer of wheat after Russia, USA and China and accounts for 8.7% of the world’s total wheat production.
  • Wheat is a temperate crop.
4

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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