Western Dry Region
Desert, soils, Brown Soils,Sierozems, Red Loams,. Hill soils, Saline Sodic Soils,lluvial Soils and Black soil
Bajra, jowar, moth,kharif and wheat and gram and rabi,date palm, water-melon and guava.

Western Himalayan Region
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Ladakh
There is alluvial soil in the valleys of Kashmir, Kullu and Dun, and brown soil in the hills.
Rice, Maize, wheat, potato, barley ,ginger and saffron.
Environmental conditions of this region are well suited for the development of garden and plantation crops.30-50 per cent slopes for horticulture/fodder development

Southern Plateau and Hills Region
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Rice, coffee, tea, cardamom and spices, jowar,bajra,ragito ground-nut/sesamum/sunflower,soyabean.

Upper Gangetic Plain Region
Rice-potato wheat-moong and sugarcane , sunflower, and potato, mustard.
Mixed cropping patterns ,

Gujarat Plains & Hills Region
Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
alluvium in the coastal plains, and red and yellow soils
Groundnut, cotton, rice, millets, oilseeds, wheat and tobacco.

Western Plateau and Hills Region
Jowar, cotton, sugarcane, rice, bajra, wheat, gram, pulses, potato, groundnut and oilseeds, principal, oranges, grapes and bananas.

Eastern Himalayan Region
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal
The red-brown soil is not highly productive Jhuming (shifting cultivation) prevails in the hilly areas
Rice, potato, maize, tea, orange, pine-apple, lime, litchi etc.
It is characterized by rugged topography, thick forest cover and sub-humid climate, Supporting activities of sericulture, handicrafts poultry, and piggery etc.

Central Plateau & Hills Region
Millets, gram, barley, wheat, cotton, sunflower.

West Coast Plains & Ghat Region
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
The soils are laterite and coastal alluvial.
Rice, coconut, oilseeds, sugarcane, millets, pulses,cotton and mango, banana, coconut.

Eastern Plateau & Hills Region
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal
Soils are red and yellow with occasional patches of laterites and alluviums
Rice, millets, maize, oilseeds, ragi, gram and potato.
Development of inland fisheries in permanent water bodies.

Middle Gangetic Plain Region
Rice, maize, millets in, kharif, wheat, gram, barley, peas, mustard and potato in rabi, kharif pulses (Arahar).
Marketing facilities, poultry, dairying and inland riverine fishery.(agro-forestry, silviculture, floriculture etc.).

Lower Gangetic Plain Region
Rice, Jute, maize, potato, banana, mango and citrus fruits.
Wells and canals are the main source of irrigation.

East Coast Plains & Hills Region
Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
Rice, jute, tobacco, sugarcane, maize, millets, groundnut and oilseeds.

Trans Gangetic Plain Region
The soil is alluvial which is highly productive.
Wheat, sugarcane, cotton, rice, gram, maize, millets, pulses and oilseeds.
Cultivation of vegetables in the vicinity of industrial clusters, supply of quality seeds of vegetables and planting material for horticulture crops

Island region
coast to clayey loam in valleys and lower slopes.
Rice, maize, millets, pulses, areca nut, turmeric and cassava, coconut.