MAJOR CROPS
ROPS TEMPERATURE AINFALL sOIL AREA/ STATES MAIN FEATURES
USE
Mean monthly Heavy Rainfall (150- Alluvial clayey North and north-eastern Most important India is the second largest
temperature should 30Ocm); requires states; coastal region staple diet of the producer after China.
CE
not fall below 25'C. if it is less ASsam, West Bengal,
irrigation
nan 100cm.
people
Odisha etc.
ldeal temp. 10-15'C; 50-75 cm. annually Well drained Ganga -Satluj plain in the Second most Western disturbance in the
cool growing season loamy soil north west and black sollimportant cerea N. W. partof the country is
region of Deccan Plateau. crop. beneficial for the crop.
NHEAT
100 frost free days with
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar
bright sunshine before
Pradesh and Madhya
harvesting
Pradesh
ldeal temp. 27-32"C; deal 50-80 cm of
Survive inhigh temp. annual rainfall; can
Can be of
grown on
soil even
Jowar- Maharashtra &
Karnataka
Jowar-Third most Known as coarse grain and
sustain even in
variety
less fertile sandy
important food dry crops.
crop.
MILLETS drought condition. il also. Bajra- Rajasthan & U.P. Have very high nutritional
value.
Rag- Karnataka &
Tamilnadu Ragi is rich in iron and
calcium.
ldeal Temp. 21-27C.
MAIZE
50-100cm of rainfall Grows
annualy
wellin old
alluvium soil
Karnataka, U.P. and Bihar
Grows food and
as
fodder crop.
Grown in Kharf and Rabi
season.
In Bihar grown as rabi crop.
20-30C 50-75 cm. annually M.P., U.P. and Rajasthan Major source of India is largest producer and
protein in consumer as well.
PULSES vegetarian diet. Being leguminous crops all
these except Arhar help in
sol by
restoring fertility
fixing nitrogen from the air.
MAJOR CROPS
CROPS EMPERATUURE RAINFALL OlL AREA/ STATES MAIN FEATURES
ldeal Temp. 21-27"C. 75-100 cm of rainfall Can be grown on U.P., Maharashtra and For making sugar, gur, Tropical and sub-tropical crop
sUGARCANE annually variety of soil Karnataka Khandsari and Needs manual labour for sowing
molasses and harvesting
Groundnut: Gujarat, Used as medium of India is the second largest
Andhra Pradesh and cooking and soap, producer.
Tamilnadu cOsmetics and paint
12%% Crop area under olseed
industry. cultivation.
OILSEEDS Main seeds are: Ground nut,
mustard, soya bean, sunflower
linseed, sesamum etc
Some are 8rown as Kharit and
Some are grown as Rabi.
hills of Darjeeling Important beverage Tea plants in
Ideal Temp. 18-30'C. 125-250 cm of Deep, fertile, Assam
grow well tropical
and subtropical climate and on
annually
raintall and well drained soil and Jalpaigudi distt. Of crop.
should be well and rich in West Bengal, Kerala, hill slopes.
distributed which humus. Uttarakhand and Himachal Labour intensive agriculture:
Pradesh. requires cheap & skilled labour.
ensures continuous
TEA growth of tender Processed within the tea garden
to maintain its quality and
leaves.
freshness.
Third largest producers after
China and Turkey.
Nilgiri hills of Karnataka, Two varieties Robusta and
20-335°C 150-250 cm of annual
ainfall. Kerala and Tamiinadu. Arabica.
cOFFEE In India Arabica is grown.
Indian coffee is known for its
800d quality.
MAJOR CROPS
CROPS
rEMPERATURE AINFALL AREA/ STATESs USE MAIN FEATURES
lore than 25'c More than 200 cm Kerala, Taminadu and Important India ranked fourth in the
of rainfa Karnataka. industrial raw natural rubber production.
0 material used in Itis an equatorial crop but
RUBBER
tyre, belts, foot Can be grOwn in tropical
wears,1toys etc. region.
High temp. light ain Drier parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India is believed to be
the black soil o M.P., Punjab and original home of the
grows well on
COTTON irrigated land Deccan Haryana cottonplant.
1
Plateau
Requires 210 frost free
region.
days with bright sunshine
High temp. (24- 170-200cmof well drained West Bengal, Bihar, Clothes, gunny Known as golden fibre.
fertile soil of Assam and Odisha bags,
35"C) rainfall
flood plains
decorative
tems, door mats
Soil exhaustive crop.
wheresol
12 JUTE
gets renewed
every year