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[[File:FarmBot Genesis different crops being grown together.jpg|thumb|FarmBot Genesis different crops being grown together]]
'''Crops''' are living plants grown by [[farmer]]s. Most crops are [[food]]s such as [[grain]], [[vegetable]]s, or [[fruit]]. Some crops are for [[drug]]s, such as [[quinine]], or [[fiber]]s such as [[cotton]], or other materials such as [[rubber]] or [[wood]]. [[Farm]]s are usually made to grow just one kind of crop. Crops are [[domestication|domesticated plants]], most of which have been [[artificial selection|selected]] to improve their size, taste and other qualities. Many crops are farmed in [[monoculture]]. Growing crops is a part of [[agriculture]].

The following crops are very important as food to humans (The numbers shows the [[Calorie|kcal]] of a person for a day).

* [[Rice]] (541 kcal)
* [[Wheat]] (527 kcal)
* [[Sugarcane]] and other [[sugar]] crops (200 kcal)
* [[Maize]] (corn) (147 kcal)
* [[Soybean oil]] (82 kcal)
* Other [[vegetable]]s (74 kcal)
* [[Potato]]es (64 kcal)
* [[Palm oil]] (52 kcal)
* [[Cassava]] (37 kcal)
* [[Legume]]s (37 kcal)
* [[Sunflower]] oil (35 kcal)
* [[Rapeseed]] and mustard oil (34 kcal)
* Other [[fruits]], (31 kcal)
* [[Sorghum]] (28 kcal)
* [[Millet]] (27 kcal)
* groundnuts (25 kcal)
* [[Bean]]s (23 kcal)
* [[Sweet potato]]es (22 kcal)
* [[Banana]]s (21 kcal)
* Various [[nut]]s (16 kcal)
* [[Soybean]]s (14 kcal)
* Cotton oil (13 kcal)
* Groundnut oil (13 kcal)
* [[Yam]]s (13 kcal).<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAOSTAT|url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CC|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.fao.org}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Agriculture]]

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