NABARD GR A 2020 STUDY MATERIAL AGRICULTURE :Special purpose crops
🔷 🔷 Special purpose crops 🔷 🔷 🔻 🔻 🔻 🔻 🔻 🔻 🔻 🔻 🔻 (i) Row crops: Crops which are grown in rows with uniform spacing throughout the field. e. g. cotton, castor, sorghum, etc. (ii) Support crops: certain fast growing crops work as supporter to vine crops. e.g. castor, shevri in betel vine, sorghum in cowpea/bean. (iii) Wind break crops: Crops which are grown on boundaries to protect the field crops from wind. (iv) Cover crops: Cover crops are grown primarily to cover the soil and to reduce the lost of moisture and erosion by wind and water. e.g. groundnut, kidney bean, cowpea, mung bean. (v) Silage crops: Crop which are preserved in a succulent condition by partial fermentation in a tight silo pit. e.g. maize, sorghum, bajra. (vi) Cash crops: crop grown for sale and brings money immediately. e.g. cotton, tobacco, potato, sugarcane. (vii) Green manure crops: Any crop which are grown and buried into the soil for improving the soil condition by the addition of or...