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    Agriculture is an important part of the Indian economy. Some of the most important crops grown in India include rice, wheat, maize, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, jute, tea, coffee, rubber, and silk. Major agricultural states include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal for crops like rice, wheat and sugarcane. States such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan are top producers of crops like cotton, groundnuts, and soybeans.

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    Agriculture is an important part of the Indian economy. Some of the most important crops grown in India include rice, wheat, maize, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, jute, tea, coffee, rubber, and silk. Major agricultural states include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal for crops like rice, wheat and sugarcane. States such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan are top producers of crops like cotton, groundnuts, and soybeans.

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    Agriculture is an important part of the Indian economy. Some of the most important crops grown in India include rice, wheat, maize, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, jute, tea, coffee, rubber, and silk. Major agricultural states include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal for crops like rice, wheat and sugarcane. States such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan are top producers of crops like cotton, groundnuts, and soybeans.

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    Agriculture is an important part of the Indian economy. Some of the most important crops grown in India include rice, wheat, maize, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, jute, tea, coffee, rubber, and silk. Major agricultural states include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal for crops like rice, wheat and sugarcane. States such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan are top producers of crops like cotton, groundnuts, and soybeans.

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    Agriculture in India

    Important Crops of India Agriculture in India Food Grains Rice Wheat Maize Bajra Jowar Total Pulses Total Food Grains Oilseeds Groundnut Rapeseed & Mustard Soyabean Sunflower Total Oil Seeds Cash Crops Sugarcane Cotton Jute & Mesta Tea Coffee Rubber Silk Tobacco Jhum

    In West Bengal, Punjab, UP In UP, Punjab, Haryana In Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka In Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra In Maharashtra, Karnataka, MP, AP In UP, MP, Punjab In UP, Punjab, West Bengal

    In Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh In Rajasthan, UP, Haryana In Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan In Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra In MP, Maharashtra, Rajasthan

    In UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka In Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh In WB, Bihar, Asom In Asom, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh In Kamalaka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu In Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka In Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh. In India all 4 varieties of silk are available: Mulberry, tussar, eri and muga. Mulberry is the main variety, while tussar is mainly found in Bihar. In Gujaral, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka

    Shifting type of cultivation practiced in the hill slopes of Asom, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland. In this, the trees are felled and set on fire. The ash of the burnt trees and the other vegetation adds to the fertility of soil. This land is used for 2-3 years till the soil gets

    exhausted and the jhum is abandoned. The cultivators then move onto the other patch of forest land.

    Known by different names : Ladang (Malaysia), Chengin (Philippines), Milpa (Mexico), Konuko (Venezuela), Masole (Zaire basin), Chena (Sri Lanka).

    Crops Producing States


    Crops States Bajra Rajasthan Barley Uttar Pradesh Betelnut West Bengal Cardamom Karnataka Cashewnut Kerala Chillies Maharashtra Cinchona Tamil Nadu Cloves Kerala Coffee Karnataka Coriander Rajasthan Cotton Gujarat Crops States Cotton Seeds Maharashtra Gram & Pulses Madhya Pradesh Groundnut Gujarat Hemp Chattisgarh Jowar Maharashtra Jute West Bengal Linseed Chattisgarh Mango Uttar Pradesh Maize Uttar Pradesh Mustard Rajasthan Onion Maharashtra Opium Pepper Ragi Rapeseed Rice Rubber Sandalwood Silk Sugarcane Tapioca Uttar Pradesh Kerala Karnataka Rajasthan West Bengal Kerala Karnataka Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Kerala

    Crops Tea Tobacco Turmeric Wheat Saffaron Coconut

    States Assam Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Kerala

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