The staple crop of India is rice. It is predominantly grown in the plains of North and North-Eastern India, the coastal areas, and deltaic regions. Rice is also cultivated in states such as Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Additionally, through irrigation, it is grown in drier regions like Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan. Andhra Pradesh is famously known as the "Rice Bowl of India" due to its high production of rice. Rice is a Kharif crop, requiring temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius and rainfall above 100 cm, although irrigation allows it to be grown in less rainy areas.
