Prelims · 5 Andhra Pradesh Geography · 5.5 Agriculture, irrigation and fisheries

5.5.1 Crops and cropping pattern of AP: rice, pulses, tobacco, chillies and horticulture

AP grows rice in its deltas, commercial crops such as chilli, cotton and tobacco on the black-soil uplands, groundnut, millets and pulses on the dry plateau, and is one of India's leading horticulture states, first in oil palm and chilli.

  • APPSC Group 2 · Prelims
  • Standard level
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Key terms

  • rice granary
  • kharif
  • rabi
  • Guntur chilli
  • FCV tobacco
  • Tobacco Board
  • oil palm
  • groundnut
  • Bengal gram
  • horticulture
  • GI tags
  • ANGRAU
  • Kadiyam
  • Palasa
  • Duggirala

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. AP angleStandard
  5. Mains writingMains writing
  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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