Agriculture

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Cotton:

1. Cotton is one of the main raw materials for cotton textile industry.
2. India is the third-largest producer of cotton in the world.
3. Requires high temperature and light rainfall for growing.
4. It is a kharif crop and requires 6 to 8 months to mature.
5. Major cotton-producing states are – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh etc.

Cotton:

1. Cotton is one of the main raw materials for cotton textile industry.
2. India is the third-largest producer of cotton in the world.
3. Requires high temperature and light rainfall for growing.
4. It is a kharif crop and requires 6 to 8 months to mature.
5. Major cotton-producing states are – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh etc.

Cotton, Jute, Hemp and Natural Silk are the four major fibre crops grown in India.

Jute:

1. It is known as the golden fibre.
2. Requires high-temperature and well-irrigated fertile soil.
3. Grown in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Orissa and Meghalaya.

1. Equatorial crop but under special conditions it is also grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas.
2. It requires moist and humid climate.
3. Rainfall above 200 cm.
4. Temperature Above 25°C.
5. It is mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar islands and Garo hills of Meghalaya.
6. India is the fifth largest producer of natural rubber.