Posts

Showing posts with the label Cash Crops

Choosing the Right Combination of Crops - Food Crops v/s Cash Crops

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see how to choose the Right Combination of Crops. We have already seen 3 filters so far and in my view those are the very important filters for choosing the right combination of crops.  If that being the case, what is the new filter I am talking about?  Please see the difference between the previous filter titles and the current title.  In my previous titles, I have used "&" (a combination) and in this title, I have used "v/s" (exclusion). What is meant by Food Crops & Cash Crops? Food Crops - Generally, any crop that are consumed directly as food are considered Food Crops For eg, Vegetables, Mango, Coconut, Sapota, Cereals, Millets etc Cash Crops - Generally, any crop that are not consumed directly as food or any crop that is used as input and comes as output in some other form are considered Cash Crops For eg, Sugarcane, Tobacco, Cotton, Flowers, Oil Seeds, Rubber, Tea, Coffee, Coleus, Ve...