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)
