What type of food is grown in India?
Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and logging accounted for 16.6% of the GDP in 2007. India is the largest producer in the world of milk, cashew nuts, coconuts, tea, ginger, turmeric and black pepper.It also has the world’s largest cattle population (281 million). It is the second largest producer of wheat, rice, sugar, groundnut and inland fish. It is the third largest producer of tobacco.India accounts for 10% of the world fruit production with first rank in the production of banana and sapota. Grape is cultivated over an area of 34,000 hectares with an annual production of 1,000,000 tonnes. The second website in the source shows where exactly in india…these crops are produced India’s population is growing faster than its ability to produce rice and wheat. Groundnut is the major oil seed crop grown in India under varied agro-climatic zones and practices, occupying about 9 million hectors.
