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Agriculture • Wheat, barley, pulses and some oil seeds are grown
in rabi season.
Crop Temperature Rainfall Soil
150-300 2. Kharif
Rice Not above 35°C Clayey or loamy
cm • Season begins with onset of monsoons in June -July .
19°-15°C
(winter), Well-drained • The crops grown in the rainy season and harvesting
Wheat 80 cm loams and clay
21°-26°C takes place after the retreat of monsoon in
loam
(Summer) September – October.
21°-26°C, but not • Rice,maize, millets, Groundnuts,cotton and jute are in
below Black soil (regar),
Cotton 50-75 cm alluvial or the Kharif season.
21°C, 200 frost
laterite soils
free days 3. Zaid
Any type of soil
100-150 • This is the summer season for growing crops which
Sugarcane 20°-26°C that can retain
cm
moisture remain till April, May, and June.
Variety of soils • Products are mainly vegetables and fruits.
100 cm
Jowar Not below 16°C including clayey
and sandy Major Crops and Producing States
Rainfall of
Crop Type Crop Name Major Producers
150cm, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya
Light sandy or Wheat
Jute 24°-35°C Pradesh
with 90% clayey loams
Rice West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
humidity Cereals Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and
Barley
Well-drained, Rajasthan
125-375
deep friable Bajra Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan
cm,
Tea 24°-30°C loams or forest Sugarcane Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra
grown on
soils, rich in Cash Crops
hill slopes Uttar Pradesh and Himachal
organic water Poppy Pradesh
Rich, well-
Coconut Kerala and Tamil Nadu
drained friable
150-200 Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and
Coffee 15°-28°C loams containing Linseed
cm Haryana
good amount of
vegetable mould Groundnut Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil
Sandy loams, red Oil Seeds Nadu
Bajra 25°-30°C 40-50 cm Rape seed Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and
and black soils
Red, sandy and Mustard Haryana
50-100
Ragi 20°-30°C loams and light Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and
cm Sunflower
black Maharashtra
Pulses 20°-25°C 50-75 cm Dry, light soil Cotton Maharashtra and Gujarat
150-200 Rich, well-
Rubber 25°-35°C Jute West Bengal and Bihar
cm drained soils Fibre crops
Well-drained Silk Karnataka and Kerala
50-100 loamy soil,
Tobacco 16°-40°C Hemp Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
cm alluvial or black
Coffee Karnataka and Kerala
soils
Rubber Kerala and Karnataka
Plantations
Tea Assam and Kerala
Three cropping seasons of India Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya
Tobacco
1. Rabi: Pradesh
Pepper Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
• This season starts after the rainy season sowing
Spices Ginger Kerala and Uttar Pradesh
begins in September -October and harvesting takes
Turmeric Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
place in February – march.
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