Why are farmers cultivating cashcrops like sugarcane, groundnuts and chillies instead of food crops like ragi, jowar and maize in Andhra Pradesh?

Cash crops are easier to cultivate.

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Cash crops provide more profit.

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Cash crops grow well in Andhra Pradesh

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Cash crops provide more profit.
Cash crops like sugarcane, groundnuts, turmeric, and chilies yield more profit than food crops like ragi, jowar maize, etc. Therefore farmers are culitvating more cash crops replacing food crops.

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