Is cotton food?

Cotton is not food. Cotton belongs to the cash crop among crops. Cereals refer to edible cereals, beans and potatoes. The food concept of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) refers to cereals, including wheat, coarse grains and rice. There are many kinds of cash crops. Common cash crops are cotton, soybean, peanut, rape, sugarcane, beet, tobacco, tea tree, sericulture, hemp and fruit trees.

Generally speaking, cash crops can be divided into: ① fiber crops, such as cotton, hemp and sericulture. (2) Oil crops, such as peanuts, rape, sesame, soybean and sunflower. (3) Sugar crops, such as sugar beet and sugarcane. ④ Starch crops, such as cassava. (5) beverage crops, such as tea trees, coffee and cocoa. 6 hobby crops, such as tobacco. ⑦ Medicinal crops, such as ginseng and Fritillaria. (8) Tropical crops, such as rubber, coconut, oil palm and sisal.

Crops refer to all kinds of plants planted in agriculture. Including food crops, cash crops (oil crops, vegetable crops, flowers, grass, trees and so on. ), industrial raw material crops, feed crops, medicinal crops, etc.