Explain Rubber as the non-food crop in India.

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Rubber as the non-food crop:

(i)Rubber is an equatorial crop, but under special conditions, it is also grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas.

(ii)It requires moist and humid climate with rainfall of more than 200 cm. and temperature above 25°C. Rubber is an important industrial raw material.

(iii)It is mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar islands and Garo hills of Meghalaya.