• Total agricultural land in the world –7.5%
• Total agricultural based population in the world is –54%
• Highest agricultural based population country – malavi ( AFRICA)– 92%
• LOWEST agricultural based population country — UK — 6%
• India agricultrual population — 64%
• India agriculture contributes almost 4% of gdp
• Total agricultural land — out 100% — food crops –74% , cash crops –26%
• Food crops — rice , wheat , maize , bazra
• Beverage crops — coffee , tea
• Fiber crops– jute, cotton
• Oil seeds — groundnuts , sunflower
• Narcotic crops — tobacco
• Plantation crop — tea , coffee, rubber
• Sugar crops — sugarcane , beet root
• Spice crops — mirchi , turmeric, ginger , pepper
• Horticultural crops — all types of fruits
FOOD CROPS
1. RICE — world wide china tops — next india , in india — w.bengal , AP , UP , PUNJAB
2. WHEAT — top -3 China, india, USA , IN india — up , punjab, harayana
3. JOWER — top — USA , CHINA ,, in india — maharastra , karanatka , mp
4. MAIZE — top — USA , Mexico , India , in india — AP (andhra) , Karnataka
5. BAJRA — IN india — rajasthan , maharastra , gujrat
6. RAGI — top — karanataka , tamilnadu , andhrapradesh
7. Barley — TOP — UP , Rajasthan
8. PULSES — MP, UP
9. Ground nut /Oil seeds — AP, GUJARAT ,T NADU
SPICE CROPS
1. Pepper — indonesia, india , in india –kerala
2. cardmom — india , indonesia , in india –kerala
3. cloves — tanzania , in india — kerala
4. Turmeric — india top in the world , in india — Guntur
5. Saffron — india 1st place , in india — Jammu & kashmir
6. Ginger — india top in the world , in india — kerala
PLANTATION CROPS
1. TEA — TOP -3 — india ,china ,srilanka , in india — Assam , westbengal , tamilnadu
2. COFFEE — top-3 . SANTOOS , COLOUMBIA , ECUDOR , india –5th , in india — karanataka
3. RUBBER — TOP -3 — thailand , indonesia. india , in india — kerala, tamilnadu , karnataka
4. COCONUT — top -3 , indonesia , philliphines , india — in india — kerala , taminadu , karnataka
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