Synopsis Vegetables and plants considered fit for human consumption, although they may also double as fodder crops for domesticated animals. Vegetable classification as defined by western culture derives in part from pre-scientific attitudes about the mythic world to which those plants belonged to antiquity. Development of improved variety and wider adaptability and standardisation for their production technologies for various agro-climatic conditions has made it possible to produce vegetables in wider areas and has improved the prospects of their supply tremendously.