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Quiz Time Rice

Write a term for the following : Rice is the main crop of tropical and subtropical
1. Farming system practised primarily for selling regions. About one half of the world population
the crops. including the whole of East Asia use rice as their
staple food. High temperature (between 20°C and
2. A system of agriculture where farmers migrate 30°C) heavy rainfall, and bright sunshine are
with their herd to look for new pastures.
favourable for rice cultivation. Clayey and alluvial
3. Combination of cropping and animal husbandry. soils which can retain water are suitable for this
crop because the young plants need standing
4. To clear a forest land by cutting or burning for
farming. water. It is grown in deltas, river valleys and
coastal plains. In the hilly areas where
temperature and rainfall are appropriate, it is
MAJOR CROPS
cultivated in terraced fields. The main rice
Any plant that is cultivated in significant quantities producing countries are China, India, Japan,
for food or economic purposes is called a crop. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar. In
We find different types of climate in different parts India, rice is grown in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam,
of the world which support a variety of crop Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
production in the world. We can categories Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Uttar
different crops into different categories such as : Pradesh and Punjab.

Food Crops Although rice is a Kharif crop
in India, two or three crops
Food crops are those grown as food for human are raised annual in West
consumption for example—rice, wheat, pulse, Bengal and in southern Rice farm
sugar cane etc.

ARCTIC OCEAN

EUROPE

NORTH A S I A
AMERICA

PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN AFRICA PACIFIC OCEAN

SOUTH
Maize
AMERICA SOUTHERN OCEAN
Tea
Coffee
Groundnut AUSTRALIA
Millet
Cocoa
Rice
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Wheat

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