NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Crops Barley Geography Notes on Production and Distribution of Barley in India
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Crop Combination and Crop Diversification
Barley
- Most ancient crop.
- Used as human food, animal feed and malting (beer and whiskey)
- Major beer drinking countries are therefore major barley producers e. g. France, U. K, Germany, Denmark.
- Europe accounts for half of the world՚s total production.
- Russia and China are the major producers.
- International trade is small.
- Greatest tolerance for arid conditions
- grown in a wide range of climate, topographical and soil environment, where wheat fails to survive.
Can be Grown In
- Subarctic regions
- Semiarid regions
- High Altitudes
- Light Limey Soils