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What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin?

Class 7th NCERT Our Environment 8. Human Environment Interactions The Tropical and the Sultropical Region

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The people of the Amazon basin mainly grow tapioca, pineapple and sweet potato. They also grow cash crops like coffee, maize and cocoa.

The people living there clear a part of forest where the cultivation is possible. After harvesting the land is left for the tropical forest to grow again. They practice Slash and burn agriculture.

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