Saturday, December 21, 2024
Karnataka

Economy



Agriculture

 
About 70% of the people live in the villages and 71% of the total work force is engaged in agriculture. The main crops are rice, ragi, jowar, maize, and pulses besides oilseeds and number of cash crops. Coffee is the principal plantation crop. Cashew, coconut, arecanut, cardamom, chilies, cotton, sugarcane and tobacco are among the other crops. Karnataka also has considerable horticultural production and the potential is higher.