Question

29 states and their crops

Answer 1

Chief Crops and Producing States

Wheat - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.

Rice – West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

Gram – Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Barley – Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Bajra – Maharashtra

Answer 2

Punjab

Wheat, Rice, Maize, Barley, Pulses, Rapeseed and Mustard, Sunflower, Oil Seeds, Sugarcane, Cotton, Fruits, Vegetables

Flood plain soil, Loamy soil, Sandy soil, Desert soil, Kandi Soil, Sierozems, Sodic and Saline soil

Haryana

Sugarcane, Barley, Jowar, Bajra, Gram, Rice, Wheat, Mustard, Cotton

Salt Affected soil, Alkali Soil, Saline soil

Rajasthan

Wheat, Sugarcane, Bajra, Baley, Jowar, Maize, Chili, Cotton, Mango, Rice, Vegetables, Groundnut, Oil seeds, Pulses

Sandy soil, Saline soil, Alkaline soil, Chalky soil, Clay soil, Loamy soil, Black Lava soil, Nitrogenous soil

Uttar Pradesh

Fruits, Vegetables, Spices, Floriculture, Medicinal/aromatic plants, others like Betel vine, Mushroom, Honey production

Alluvium soil, Sandy soil, Clayey Soil, Red & Black soil

Bihar

Rice, Wheat, Maize, Pulses, Vegetables, Fruits, Sugarcane, Jute

Sandy Loam soil, Loam soil, Clay soil, Clay Loam soil

Gujarat

Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, tur, Gram, Cotton, Groundnuts, Dates, Sugarcane

Black soil, Alluvial soil, Hill soil, Desert soil

Madhya Pradesh

Wheat, Maize, Jowar, Gram, Tur, Urad, Moong, Soybean, Groundnuts, Mustard, Cotton, Sugarcane

Black soil, Red & Yellow soil, Alluvial soil, Laterite soil, Mixed soil

Maharashtra

Rice, Jowar, Bajra, Wheat, Pulses, Cotton, Sugarcane, Several Oil Seeds, Sunflower, Groundnuts & Soybean

Black-Cotton soil, Kali soil, Morad soil, Pather soil,

Chhattisgarh

Rice, Maize, Wheat, Niger, Groundnut, Pulses

Red & Yellow soil, Red Sandy soil, Red Loam soil, Black Cotton soil, Laterite soil,

Jharkhand

Rice, Ragi, Maize, Wheat, Redgram, Niger, Fruits

Red soil, Micacious soil, Sandy soil, Black soil, Laterite soil

Himachal Pradesh

Off-season vegetables, vegetables seeds, potato & ginger besides soybean, oilseeds, pulses, fruits

Sedimentary soil, Brown soil, Brownish soil

Jammu & Kashmir

Paddy, Wheat, Maize, Barley, Bajra, Jowar, Gram, Apple, Walnuts

Brown Forest soil, Grey Brown Podzolic soil, Red & Yellow Podzolic soil, Hills Forest soil, Mountain Meadow soil, Saline Alkali soil, Alluvial soil

West Bengal

Rice, Jute, Tea, Potatoes, Oilseeds, Betel, Vine, Tobacco, Wheat, Barley, Maize

Laterite soil, Red soil, Alluvial soil, Coastal soil, Terai soil, Colluvial soil

Karnataka

Paddy, Jowar, Ragi, Maize, Sunflower, sugarcane, Cotton, Tobacco

Red soil, Lateritic soil, Black soil, Alluvio-Colluvial soil, Forest soil, Coastal soil