Question
State about the 'Oil seeds crops of India'.
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Answer
The following oil seeds are grown in India.
$>$ Groundnut, til, soyabean, castor, mustard, sun flower etc. are considered to be oil seeds.
$>$ They hold an important position in the Indian meal.
$>$ After edible oil is extracted from the oil seeds, the remaining oil-cake is used as animal fodder and also as biotic manure.
• Groundnut:
$>$ Groundnut holds an important position in oil, seeds. Black, vital and a mixture of loamy and sandy soil.
$>$ Groundnut is shown as kharif crop and wherever there is irrigation facility, it can be sown during summer also.
$>$ Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilandu and Maharashtra are major producers of groundnut.
$>$ India ranks second after China in the world in groundnut production.
$>$ Gujarat leads the country in groundnut production. Junagadh, Gir, Somnath, Amreli, Rajkot, Bhavnagar etc. districts produce groundnut. Groundnut oil as edible oil is used more in Gujarat.
• Sesam/Til :
$>$ Til oil is used in India since ages.
$>$ In North India, it is a rain-based kharif crop. In South India, it is sown as rabi crop and occasionally as zaid crop also. Almost all the states grow til. Among all oil seeds til has more content of oil.
$>$ In almost all parts of the world, it is used as an edible oil.
$>$ Major producers of til are Gujarat, Tamilnadu, West Bengal, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh states.
$>$ Gujarat ranks first in India in term of til production and the area sown.
$>$ Banaskantha grows maximum til. Maximum export of til in the world is done by India.
• Mustard:
This is a rabi crop and is an important crop of North India. Mustard seed and its oil are used for medicine and also as edible oil. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are major producers of mustard.
• Coconut:
$>$ Coconut is a plantation crop of hot and humid coastal climate and saline land.
$>$ In India, the coconut plantations are found in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andaman - Nicobar etc. In Gujarat, coconut is grown in coastal regions.
$>$A special type of coconut tree which is shorter and giving more yield is developed.
$>$In south India, coconut oil extracted from the coconut kernel is used as edible oil. Besides, the water is useful as a healthy drink.
• Castor oil:
$>$ Castor is also known as Divela locally. It is both kharif as well as rabi crop.
$>$ With $64\%$ India is the largest producer of castor in the world.
$>$ China and Brazil come next chronologically. About $80\%$ of its production comes from Gujarat.
$>$Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan are other producers. In Gujarat the districts of banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli etc. produce in little quantity.
$> $ The oil from cotton seeds, sun flower, paddy and maize also are used increasingly as edible oils.
$>$ Groundnut, til, soyabean, castor, mustard, sun flower etc. are considered to be oil seeds.
$>$ They hold an important position in the Indian meal.
$>$ After edible oil is extracted from the oil seeds, the remaining oil-cake is used as animal fodder and also as biotic manure.
• Groundnut:
$>$ Groundnut holds an important position in oil, seeds. Black, vital and a mixture of loamy and sandy soil.
$>$ Groundnut is shown as kharif crop and wherever there is irrigation facility, it can be sown during summer also.
$>$ Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilandu and Maharashtra are major producers of groundnut.
$>$ India ranks second after China in the world in groundnut production.
$>$ Gujarat leads the country in groundnut production. Junagadh, Gir, Somnath, Amreli, Rajkot, Bhavnagar etc. districts produce groundnut. Groundnut oil as edible oil is used more in Gujarat.
• Sesam/Til :
$>$ Til oil is used in India since ages.
$>$ In North India, it is a rain-based kharif crop. In South India, it is sown as rabi crop and occasionally as zaid crop also. Almost all the states grow til. Among all oil seeds til has more content of oil.
$>$ In almost all parts of the world, it is used as an edible oil.
$>$ Major producers of til are Gujarat, Tamilnadu, West Bengal, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh states.
$>$ Gujarat ranks first in India in term of til production and the area sown.
$>$ Banaskantha grows maximum til. Maximum export of til in the world is done by India.
• Mustard:
This is a rabi crop and is an important crop of North India. Mustard seed and its oil are used for medicine and also as edible oil. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are major producers of mustard.
• Coconut:
$>$ Coconut is a plantation crop of hot and humid coastal climate and saline land.
$>$ In India, the coconut plantations are found in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andaman - Nicobar etc. In Gujarat, coconut is grown in coastal regions.
$>$A special type of coconut tree which is shorter and giving more yield is developed.
$>$In south India, coconut oil extracted from the coconut kernel is used as edible oil. Besides, the water is useful as a healthy drink.
• Castor oil:
$>$ Castor is also known as Divela locally. It is both kharif as well as rabi crop.
$>$ With $64\%$ India is the largest producer of castor in the world.
$>$ China and Brazil come next chronologically. About $80\%$ of its production comes from Gujarat.
$>$Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan are other producers. In Gujarat the districts of banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli etc. produce in little quantity.
$> $ The oil from cotton seeds, sun flower, paddy and maize also are used increasingly as edible oils.
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