Agricultural crops refer to plants cultivated by farmers for food consumption or other purposes such as textiles or biofuels.
Think of agricultural crops as ingredients for baking cookies. Just like you need flour, sugar, and chocolate chips to make delicious cookies, farmers grow various plants like wheat, corn, and soybeans as their "ingredients" for producing different types of products.
Yield: Yield refers to the amount of output produced per unit of input (such as land area) within agriculture. It's an important measure because higher crop yields mean more production from limited resources.
Subsidies: Subsidies are financial assistance provided by governments to support agricultural production. They can help farmers grow crops more effectively by reducing costs or providing incentives to produce certain crops.
Crop rotation: Crop rotation is a practice where different crops are planted in the same field over a sequence of growing seasons. It helps maintain soil fertility, manage pests and diseases, and maximize crop yields.
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