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Major Non Food Crops - Coggle Diagram
Major Non Food Crops
Rubber
Equatorial crop but also grown in tropical and subtropical climate
Needs
moist and humid climate
,
annual rainfall> 200 cm
and
temp >25 C
Important industrial raw material
Grown in Nilgiris, A & N Islands and Garo Hills of Meghalaya
Cotton
Main raw material in textile industry
Grows well in drier black soils of Deccan plateau
Needs
high temp
,
light rainfall
,
210 frost free days
and
bright sunshine
Kharif Crop, requires
8-10 months to mature
Maha, Gujarat, MP, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, TN, Punjab, UP & Haryana
Jute
Known as Golden Fibre
Grows well on
fertile khadar soils
Raw material for
gunny bags, mats, ropes
, etc
Value reduced due to
high 💲 and competition
WB, Bihar, Assam, Orissa, Meghalaya
Silk and Hemp
Obtained from cocoons of silkworms
Silkworms are fed on green leaves specially
mulberry
Rearing of silkworm is called sericulture