Chapter : 3. Agriculture
Oil seeds
2. Oil seeds :
Features :
1. India is the largest producer of oil seeds in the world.
2. Different oilseeds are grown covering approximately 12 % of the total cropped area of the country.
3. Main oil seeds are ground nut, mustard, coconut, Sesamum (til), soyabean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseeds and sunflower.
4. Groundnut is a Kharif crop and is produced in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
5. Linseed and Mustard are rabi crops.
6. Sesamum is a Kharif crop in north and rabi crop in south India.
7. Castor seed is grown both as Rabi & Kharif crop.
Economic Importance of Oil Seeds
1. Most of these are edible and used as cooking medium.
2. Extracted oil is also used as raw material for manufacturing large number of items.
3. Oil cake which is the by-product, obtained after the extraction of oil from oil seeds is excellent cattle feed.
4. Oil cake is also used as fertilizer.
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