food crops
Cultivated edible plants
Food crops are plants cultivated primarily for human consumption, as distinguished from those grown for animal feed, fiber, or other purposes.
The term emphasizes agricultural production: Farmers in the region grow food crops like wheat, rice, and vegetables.
Food crops include grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and tubers—the staples of human diets worldwide.
- capsicumPepper plant or fruit
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- barleyGrain for malt
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- wheatCereal crop for flour
vegetables · sugar · seed varieties · millet · fruit · heirloom varieties · cassava · sorghum · legumes · rice · soybeans · grain · bread basket · daily bread · rows · subsistence farming · agriculture · green revolution
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
- crop diversitycultivars, landraces, heirloom varieties, ancient grains, heirloom seeds
- Mesoamerican agriculturemaize, cacao, squash, amaranth, chia
- tropical farmingbanana plantation, coconut palms, coconut farming, coconut plantations, sugarcane
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- tropical plantshibiscus, bougainvillea, frangipani, mahogany, palm trees
food cropscash crops
Plants grown for profit
fiber crops · ornamental plants · ornamental gardens · timber · cotton
food cropswild edibles
Edible uncultivated plants
wild game · wild-caught fish · foraging · wild harvest · wild plants
food cropslivestock
Domesticated farm animals
animal husbandry · meat production · dairy farming · poultry · cattle ranching
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