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    Major Crops and Agricultural Development

    Class 6 -Worksheet

    1. A crop used to make a particular type of drink- Beverage crop


    2. A summer crop, sown in the rainy season in June -July, harvested in autumn-
    Kharif crop
    3. A winter crop ,sown in October -November, harvested in March-April- Rabi
    crop
    4. Area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn- Tropical
    Region
    5. Largest producer of rice in the world-China
    6. The Temperate grasslands where wheat is grown- The Prairies,The Steppes
    and the Downs
    7. Products of Sugarcane- Sugar, jaggery and khandsari
    8. The Golden Fibre- Jute
    9. Largest Jute producing state -West Bengal

    Crops are classified under the following categories-


    ● Food crops- Rice ,wheat,maize and millets
    ● Cash crops- Fruit, spices and sugarcane
    ● Beverage crops- Tea,coffee and cocoa
    ● Fibre crops- Cotton and Jute

    Food Crops Cash crops


    1.Crops grown for essential food 1. Crops grown for the purpose of sale and to
    consumption of humans. earn profit.
    2. These serve as food for 2. These serve as raw materials for industries.
    humans.
    3.Example-rice,wheat, pulses 3.Example-Tea,Sugarcane, cocoa, coffee
    Crops Climate Soil Producing States in
    Countries India
    1.Rice(kharif Hot and humid, Clayey China,India, West
    crop) Temperature:20° soil Indonesia, Bengal,Odisha,
    C to 30°C, Bangladesh Bihar,Uttar
    Rainfall:150cm Pradesh
    to 300cm
    2.Wheat(rabi Temperature:14° Loamy USA,Canada, Uttar Pradesh,
    crop) C to 18° C , soil Russia, Punjab,Haryana,
    Rainfall:50cm to China,India
    100 cm
    3.Tea Temperature:21° Well- China,Kenya, Assam,West
    (beverage C to 25° C drained Sri Lanka,India Bengal,
    crop) Rainfall:150cm laterite Tamil
    to 300cm soil. Nadu,Kerala
    Problems faced by farmers of India
    ● Farms are small in size
    ● Farmers are not able to afford costly machines.
    ● Subsistence farming is done, nothing is left for sale.
    ● Most of the farmers are illiterate.
    ● Agriculture is dependent on unreliable monsoons.
    Green Revolution
    The Green Revolution helped us from food scarcity to food sufficiency by adopting
    New Agricultural Strategies/methods.
    Measures taken under Green Revolution
    ● Use of HYV (High Yielding Variety ) seeds.
    ● Use of Fertilizers, Insecticides and Pesticides.
    ● Irrigational facilities
    Give reasons-
    1.West Bengal and Bangladesh cultivate two or three crops of rice annually.
    Ans-Due to the favourable climatic conditions.
    2.Hill slopes are best suited for tea plantations.
    Ans-As on hill slopes ,water does not get collected. ******

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