INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ragi is cultivated on a variety of soils ranging from rich loam to poor shallow upland soils. It prefers porous and well drained loam to light red loam and sandy loam soils of good fertility but reasonable water holding capacity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Red sandy and loamy soil are suitable for ragi cultivation. Q. Ragi grows well in temperature, moderate rainfall and regions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lowermost area of red soil is dark in color and very fertile, while the upper layer is sandy and porous. Thus, proper use of fertilizers and irrigation yields high production of cotton, wheat, rice, pulses, millets, tobacco, oil seeds, potatoes, and fruits.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moist, deep and well drained medium textured soils rich in humus content are considered ideal. Gravelly and sandy soils, particularly the coastal sands are not ideal for oil palm cultivation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some of the crops suitable for red soils are cotton, wheat, rice, pulses, millets, tobacco, oilseeds, potatoes, and fruits. The red soils are mostly loamy and therefore cannot retain water like the black soils. Cotton Crop in Red Soil.