ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

National Non-Food Crops Centre

Do you know what a garden is? It might be a place where your parents plant vegetables, fruits or flowers.

Well, imagine a garden that is really big, it’s like a giant farm where they grow plants but not just any plants, they grow plants that are used to make things like paper, medicine, fuel, and many other things that are not food.

This “garden” is called a National Non-Food Crops Centre. It's a place where scientists and researchers work to find new ways to use plants for things besides food. They want to find plants that can help make our lives better and more sustainable.

Just like how your parents take care of your garden, the scientists and researchers take care of the National Non-Food Crops Centre garden. They study the plants, how they grow and how they can be used for different products.

So, to put it simply, a National Non-Food Crops Centre is like a big garden where scientists grow special plants that aren't used for food, but for other things that can make our world better.