“Cotton is an important commercial crop in India but its share in the world production is less than 10%” Why? -SST 10th

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Cotton is an important commercial crop in India. At present, India is the fourth largest cotton producing country in the world but its share in the world production is less than 10 per cent because of the low yield per hectare.

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