•   Kinnaur (Himachal) is famous for apples. Areca nuts are mostly confined to Karnataka, Kerala, and Assam.

•   Mewat is a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India.

•   The main occupation in the district is agriculture along with allied and agro-based activities. Mango is not cultivated in Mewat.

•   Coromandel Coast is a broad coastal plain in eastern Tamil Nadu state of southern India.

•   It also has been known since ancient times as the “land of the temples”.

•   Agriculture is the mainstay of the coastal economy. Rice, pulses (legumes), sugarcane, cotton, and peanuts (groundnuts) are grown.

•   Bananas and betel nuts are grown together with rice in the low-rainfall region of the interior.

•   There are casuarina and coconut plantations along the coast.

●  India ranks fourth in respect to production of soybean in the world.

●  Production of soybean in India is dominated by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh which contribute to 89 per cent of the total Soybean production in country.

●  Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Gujarat contribute the remaining 11 per cent production.

•   Cultivation is successful in climates with hot summers, with optimum growing conditions in mean temperatures of 20 to 30 °C.

•   Well drained fertile loam and sandy loam soil is best for its cultivation.

•   The major mango-growing states are Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu.

•   Uttar Pradesh ranks first in mango production with a share of 23.47 % and highest productivity.

•   Mango has been found to grow on a wide range of soils.

•   However, deep and well-drained loam to sandy loam soils are most suitable for cultivation.

•   Heavy black cotton, saline and alkaline soils should be avoided.

•   The favourable temperature is 240 C to 270 C however, it can tolerate temperature as high as 480 C provided that trees are getting regular irrigation.

•   Areca nut production in India is dominant in the coastal region within 400 kilometres from the coastline, and also in some other non-coastal states of India.

•   The cultivation of areca nut is mostly confined to 28º north and south of the equator. 

•   It grows well within the temperature range of 14ºC and 36ºC and is adversely affected by temperatures below 10ºC and above 40ºC. 

•   The largest area under the crop is found in gravelly laterite soils of red clay type. 

•   It can also be grown on fertile clay loam soils. 

•   Sticky clay, sandy, alluvial, brackish and calcareous soils are not suitable for arecanut cultivation.