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What is the difference between food crop and cash crop

CASH CROP is a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) rather than for livestock feed. 
FOOD CROPS are a produce of food which have commercial value and are staple food.
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Food crops: Crops that are cultivated to meet basic food requirements are called food crops. Staple food crops such as cereals, pulses, vegetables, and fruits are termed as food crops.

Cash crops: Crops that are cultivated for selling the products derived from them or for other economic gains are called cash crops. Rubber, tea, coffee, jute, sugarcane, and cotton are cash crops.
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The crops which are used for basic requirements are food crops The crops that are cultivated for selling to other countries are the cash crops
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CASH CROP is a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market  rather than for livestock feed.
FOOD CROPS are a produceof food which have commercial value and are staple food.
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Food crops are those crops which are grown for eating consumption and cash crops are grown for earning money ex.jute and cotton
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Food crops: Crops cultivated for the purpose of food requirement are called food crops. Example: Cereals, Pulses, Vegetables and Fruits. Cash crops: Crops cultivated for the commercial purpose are called cash crops. Example: Spices, Beverage, Oilseeds, Fibres and Sugar cane
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Cash crop as the name suggest is a crop which is grnrally grown for selling
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Crops that are eaten as food are called food crop and crops that are grown for selling to earn money is callrd cash crop
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A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from the farm. The term is used to differentiate marketed crops from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producers own live stock or grown as food for the producers family.
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Crops which are grown for sell in markets are called cash crops and which are grown in farm as eatables in home are called food crop.
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CASH CROPS ARE FOR PROFIT FOOD CROPS ARE FOR EATING ALL CASH CROPS ARE NOT EDIBLE FOOD CROPS ARE EDIBLE CASH CROPS TEA COFFEE FOOD CROPS CEREALS PULSES
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Cash crop: Cash crops are crops grown with the intention of generating money. For instance coffee, tea, cocoa, wheat and cotton are common cash crops. Most cash crops can either be consumed directly or processed into other final products. 
Food crop: Food crops are plants mainly cultivated for human domestic consumption, whereby farmers grow just what is enough for their own personal needs. They mainly consist of tubers, legumes, fruits, vegetables cereals and fruits. In this kind of farming, planning decisions are mainly made based on a family’s needs.
 
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Cash crops are grown for money and
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Food ceops are for eating and cash crop for money
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Food crops are used for eating purpose and cash crops are used for commercial purposes
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Food crops are used for eating purposes but cash crops are used for commercial purpose
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Food crop refers to a crop, such as rice or wheat, that is grown for human consumption.
Cash crop is the growing crops to be sold for profit.
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Food crop are the main crop that can be grown in any places. Cash crop are the crop that grows only In a specific area.
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The purpose of cash crops is to earn the profits and the purpose of food crops is to feed the farmers
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A crop produced for use for use as food either for sale commercially or for use by the grower
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Cash crop a cash crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
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Food crops are basically the crops consumed by the people everyday for survival . Cash crops are the crops used to earn money such as tobacco,coffee etc.
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1 Answer. Food crops : food crops are grown to feed the farmers own family . examples of food crops are :?wheat?, potatoes etc... Cash crops are the ones that are grown for earing money.
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