Starting from around 9500 BC, the eight Neolithic founder crops – emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, hulled barley, peas, lentils, bitter vetch, chickpeas, and flax – were cultivated in the Levant. Rye may have been cultivated earlier, but this remains controversial.
Humans invented agriculture between 7,000 and 10,000 years ago, during the Neolithic era, or the New Stone Age. There were eight Neolithic crops: emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, peas, lentils, bitter vetch, hulled barley, chickpeas, and flax. The Neolithic era ended with the development of metal tools.
Sometime around 12,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors began trying their hand at farming. First, they grew wild varieties of crops like peas, lentils and barley and herded wild animals like goats and wild oxen.
One is that in times of abundance humans had the leisure to start experimenting in the domestication of plants. The other theory suggests that in lean times – thanks to population growth, over-exploitation of resources, a changing climate, et cetera – domestication was a way to supplement diets.
The early farmers grew wheat and barley, which they ground into flour. Some farmers grew beans and peas. Others grew a plant called flax, which they made into linen for clothes. Neolithic farmers kept lots of animals.
Wild rice cultivation appeared in the Belan and Ganges valley regions of northern India as early as 4530 BCE and 5440 BCE respectively. Rice was cultivated in the Indus Valley Civilisation. Agricultural activity during the second millennium BC included rice cultivation in the Kashmir and Harrappan regions.
In regions with a tropical climate, coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, bananas, oranges, cotton and jute (a soft, shiny vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads), are common cash crops.
According to the National Cottonseed Products Association, cottonseed from the cotton boll is converted into food for people, feed for livestock, and even non-food items including furniture padding.
So, the correct option is 'Rice'.
Cash crops are grown for direct sale in the market, rather than for family consumption or to feed livestock. Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugarcane, cotton, and spices are some examples of cash crops. Food crops such as rice, wheat, and corn are
The crops that were grown were called cash crops because they were harvested for the specific purpose of selling to others. The cash crops of the southern colonies included cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo (a plant that was used to create blue dye).
Pepper grown as a cash crop using Inga alley cropping.
A crop, such as tobacco, grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed. The definition of a cash crop is a crop grown for the purpose of selling it, rather than using or consuming it personally. Cotton that you grow in order to sell is an example of a cash crop.
Answer and Explanation:Cotton has been called a cash crop because, in the majority of cases, cotton was (and is) grown specifically for the purpose of being sold.
Farming is thought to have originated in the Near East and made its way to the Aegean coast in Turkey. From there, farming and the specific culture that came with it (such as new funerary rites and pottery) spread across much of Western Europe.
Branches of agriculture
- Aquafarming.
- Farming.
- Apiculture (Beekeeping)
- Fishery.
- Forestry.
- Ranching.
- Agricultural chemistry.
- Agricultural communication.
The following are the different types of agricultural activities worldwide:
- Shifting Cultivation.
- Nomadic Herding.
- Livestock Ranching/Pastoral Farming.
- Commercial Plantations.
- Mixed Farming.
- Specialized Horticulture.
- Subsistence Farming.
- Intensive Subsistence Farming with/without Rice as a Dominant Crops.
Answer. Answer: Archaeologist found the evidence of ancient farmers and herders.
