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Which of the following is an example of a non-food crop?
Fruit trees
What is the definition of a crop?
A plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence
What are the four crops that account for about half of global primary crop production?
Sugar cane, maize, wheat and rice
How much did the global production of primary crops increase between 2000 and 2021?
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What is the purpose of industrial crops?
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Most crops are cultivated in ______ or hydroponics
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Some crops are gathered from the wild often in a form of intensive gathering (e.g. ginseng, yohimbe, and ______)
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Important non-food crops include horticulture, floriculture and ______ crops
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The global production of primary crops increased by 54% between 2000 and 2021, to 9.5 billiontonnes, which is 2% higher thanin 2020. This represents 3.3 billion tonnes______ than in 2000
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Four crops account for about half of global primary crop production: sugar cane, maize, ______ and rice
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