The document summarizes major crops grown in India by season, geographical conditions, main producing areas, and other notable details. The main crops described are rice, wheat, maize, sugarcane, tea, coffee, rubber, cotton, and jute. Rice is the most important kharif (monsoon) crop and is grown in northern and eastern India in hot, humid conditions with over 100 cm of rainfall annually. Wheat is the primary rabi (winter) crop grown in areas with 50-75 cm of rainfall and temperatures from 10-15°C, mainly in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. Maize is grown in kharif and rabi seasons across states like Karnataka

1. AGRICULTURE MAJOR CROPS
Name of Season Geographical Conditions Main producing
state/Areas
Other remarkable features
Crops
Rainfall
Above
Climate Soil
Alluvial
Temp.
Rice Kharif Hot and humid Above 25°C North and North- China- 1st Rank
India 2nd Rank
Indonesia - 3rd Rank
100 cm eastern India,
coastal areas,
deltaic region,
Punjab, Haryana
Bangladesh - 4th Rank
(West Bengal is the largest rice
producing state in India)
2 Wheat China - 1st
India - 2nd
Russia - 3rd
Rabi 50-75 cm | Punjab, Haryana,
UP, Rajasthan,
Bihar, MP
Temperate crop Loamy Sowing
and well 10°C-15°C
drained harvesting
25°C-28°C
US - 4th
fertile soil (Punjab is the leading producer of
Wheat)
US - 1st rank
China - 2nd rank
3 Maize Khariff, 21°C-27°C 50-100 Karnataka, UP,
Bihar, AP, MP
Semi-arid Old
Rabi climate Alluvial CIm
Brazil 3rd rank
Argentina -4th rank
(Andhra Pradesh is the leading
maize producer, 2nd Karnataka)
Brazil 1st rank
India - 2nd rank
Variety of 21°C-27°C
soil,
mainly
alluvial
UP, Maharashtra,
TN, AP, Bihar,
Punjab, Haryana
75-100
Tropical and
subtropical/hot
and humid
Sugarcane Kharif
cIm
China-3rd rank
(U.P. is the leading sugarcane
producing stateinIndia)_
China - 1st rank
India - 2nd rank
Sri Lanka - 3rd rank
Assam, WB, TN,
Kerala
20°C-35°C 150-250
Tropical and
subtropical /
warm and moist drained
free
Deep and
fertile well
5 Tea Kharif
cm
Kenya - 4th rank
(Darjeeling-West Bengal, Jorhat-
Assam)
soil
Baba Budan hills, Vietnam - 1st rank
Nilgiri in TN,
Karnataka, Kerala
14°C-26°C 150 -250
Bright sunlight
warm and frog
6 Coffee Kharif Red and
Brazil -2nd rank
Colombia - 3rd rank
laterite Cm
free
Ethiopia -4th
(Karnataka had the largest share of
coffee production)
Thailand - 1st rank
Kerala (largest),
than 200 TN, Karnataka, A
& N islands, Garo
Hills of Meghalaya
Rubber Rabi Moist and Alluvial Above 25°C More
Indonesia - 2nd rank
Humid and
Malaysia- 3rd rank
India -4th rank
(Kerala Leading producer of rubber.
Karnataka, Tamilnadu,Assam)_
laterite cm

2. AGRICULTURE MAJOR CROPS
GeographicalConditions Other remarkable features
Main producing
state/Areas
Name of Season
Crops
Soil Temp. Rainfall
Climate
Tropical and
subtropical
China 1st rank
India- 2nd rank
US-3rd rank
Brazil -4th rank
(Gujaratleading producer
Maharashtra)
India 1st rank
Bangladesh - 2nd rank
China - 3rd rank
Thailand -4th rank
21°C-27°C 50-80cm Mah, Guj, MP,
Karnataka, AP,
TN, Pun, Har
Cotton Kharif Black
9 WB, Bihar,
Assam, Orissa,
Meghalaya
Jute Kharif Warm and wet Well More than 160-200
climate drained 25°0 CIm
fertile soil
(West Bengal 1st)
(Bihar 2ad)
(Assam-3rd)