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Crop Production
• Agriculture • What are Crops?
• Methods of Crop Produc on • Crop Seasons
• Crop Improvement • Our Responsibility
As we know that all living organisms like green human ac vity and includes not only the
plants and animals need food for survival. The cul va on of crops, but also the domes ca on
green plants prepare their own food by the of animals. But in this chapter, you will study
process of photosynthesis while animals obtain about cul va on of crops and various ac vi es
their food directly or indirectly from plants. So, related to it.
now the ques on comes— what about
WHAT ARE CROPS?
humans? Where do humans get their food from
Crop is the plant of the same kind that are
or how do they meet their daily requirements?
grown on a large scale to get useful products
Humans grow plants and rear animals to meet
and to meet nutri onal needs in an area
their daily requirements. But since, the human
by man.
popula on is increasing day-by-day; their food
requirement is also increasing along with it. For example, all the plants of wheat grown in a
Therefore, it is necessary to increase the field are called wheat crop. Similarly, all the
quan ty of food produced to fulfill their plants of rice grown in a field are called rice crop.
increasing demands. The food requirement is The plants which are grown at home or on
achieved by farming more land, increasing the small scale of area are not said to be crops.
food produc on and by managing the Cereals are the most important part of our food
produc on and distribu on of food. Thus, it is because they contain adequate amount of
agriculture that makes possible to sustain a energy and other nutrients. Therefore, cereal
huge popula on at one me. crops are grown on a large scale. Besides
AGRICULTURE cereals, many other crops are grown to obtain
pulses, oil seeds, co on, jute, sugar, tea, coffee,
Agriculture is the most fundamental form of
rubber, coconut, etc.
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