Maharashtra is a state on the northern part of India's western coast. Its main centre is Mumbai, the commercial capital of india. Maharashtra is mainly agricultural with a welldeveloped industrial sector. Agriculture is of major importance in the economy. About 70 per cent of the postulation depends on farming for a living. About 60 per cent of the total area of Maharashtra is under cultivation. Only oneeighth of that land is irrigated.
The main staple crops are rice, jowar (largemillet), bajra (small millet), wheat, and pulses. The state is also a major producer of oil-seeds.These crops include peanuts and sun flowers Important cash crops are cotton, sugaring,tobacco, hermetic, and a variety of vegetables.The state also produces fruit and has a substantial area devoted to bananas, capes,sweet limes, mangoes, and oranges.
