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Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
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Rice is the main crop of these areas. Coconut trees grow all along the coast. Coconut and rubber are the main vegetation of coastal area. The main states of coastal areas are- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, west Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Only about 48,675 hectares (120,280 acres) of land, which is about 6% of the total land area, can be used for agriculture. [80] Rice is the main food crop, grown in about 20% of the arable land. [81] Most of the food for consumption is imported from mainland India. [80] Coconut and arecanut are the cash crops grown in the Nicobar islands. [80]
It is the dominant crop of the country. India is one of the leading producers of this crop. Rice is the basic food crop and being a tropical plant, it flourishes comfortably in a hot and humid climate. Rice is mainly grown in rain-fed areas that receive heavy annual rainfall. That is why it is fundamentally a kharif crop in India. It demands a ...
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Agriculture is still the primary occupation in the region. [74] [75] Rice is the staple food and major crop in the region. [76] Others crops cultivated include sugarcane, banana, cotton, turmeric, millets, pulses, and spices. [77] [78] [79] The urban centres are significant contributors to the Indian and global Information Technology economy.
Soil deposit Description Image Alluvial soil Alluvial soil have been deposited by the Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahmaputra rivers. The entire northern plains (including parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar (Almost entirely), Chandigarh, Delhi (almost entirely), Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal) are made of alluvial ...