- Indian crops can be divided into the following categories:
- Cash crops: Cotton, jute, sugarcane, tobacco, groundnut, etc.
- Plantation Crops: Tea, Coffee, spices, coconut, rubber etc.
- Horticulture crops: Apple, mango, banana, citrus, etc.
Major Crops and Locations
| Cotton (Gossypium) |
Black Soil |
Maharashtra |
| Jute |
Sandy and Clayey Soil |
West Bengal |
| Sugarcane |
Loamy Soil |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Tea |
Forest Soil |
Assam |
| Coffee |
Forest Soil |
Karnataka |
| Rubber |
Loamy soils |
Kerala, Karnataka |