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The Deccan interior sprawls over the greater parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu uplands from Adilabad District in the north to Madurai District in the south. The mean monthly temperature ofjuly varies between 25°C and 35"C, and the mean January temperature reads between 15°C and 20“C. This region records rainfall between 50 cm and 100 cm.
This is essentially a dry-farming area where millets, pulses, oilseeds, groundnut, coffee, tea, cardamom, and spices are the main crops. The area under millets and bajra can be devoted to pulses. Development of horticulture, poultry, and dairy-farming can help the farmers in the augmentation of their income.