Question

Match the following crop types to their examples.

• A. Banana
• B. Sugarcane
• C. Millets

Answer 1

Rice, ragi, maize, pulses, millets and so on are all food crops. The produce of food crops are part of the staple diet of the people in Karnataka. Commercial crops like sugarcane are cultivated for selling and earning profit. Tea, rubber, coconut, rubber and coffee and so on, which are cultivated in a large tract of land and are used as raw materials for respective industries, are called plantation crops.