give a briefly outline of the agricultural region of india.
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Several scholars have attempted to delineate the agricultural regions of India. Prominent among them are E. Simkins (1926), D. Thomer (1956), M.S. Randhawa (1958), L.D. Stamp (1958), Chen Hang-Seng (1959), O.H.K. Spate and A.T.A. Learmonth (1960), Ramchandran (1963), F. Siddiqui (1967), O. Slampa (1968), Miss P. Sengupta (1968), R.L. Singh (1971) and Jasbir Singh (1975) The scheme suggested by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is simple and comprehensive and is reproduced here. It is based on the predominance of crops and crop associations. Accordingly India can be divided into following agricultural regions:
There are five agricultural regions in the country :
Rice region: This extends from the eastern part to include a very large part o the north-eastern and south-eastern India with another strip along the western coast.
Wheat region: This extends to most of the northern, western and central India.
Millet-Sorghum region: This covers Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and the Deccan Plateau in the centre of the Indian peninsula.
Temperate Himalayan Region: This region is spread over Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and some adjoining areas. Here potatoes are as important as a cereal crops (which are mainly maize and rice) and the tree-fruits form a large part of agricultural production.
Plantation crops region: In Assam and the hills of Southern India tea is produced. Coffee is produced in the hills of the western peninsular India. Rubber is grown in Kerala and some of the North-Eastern States like Tripura. Spices grown in Kerala, parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.