Cotton Region

Cotton cultivation predominates in the black cotton soil (regur) region in the North West India. It covers the Deccan trap region and Gujarat plain. The Narmada, Tapti, Purna, Sabarmati River Valleys are basically heartlands of cotton

cultivation. As a cash-crop, cotton cultivation is always associated with one food grain cultivation, preferably Jowar, Bajra or oil seeds. The different sub-regions are:

• Cotton-Jowar-Bajra grows in close association with one another in the Maharashtra and Western Madhya Pradesh.

• Cotton-Oilseeds combination developed in Gujarat.

• Cotton-Pulses-Rice region developed in Narmada banks and Eastern Gujarat.