AGRICULTURE

                        Agriculture forms the mainstay of the population of the district.  The soil in the three natural divisions generally fall under three types.  In the highland region it is laterite.  In the midland, the soil is a red ferruginous loam of lateritic origin with an admixture of clay and sand. The coastal strip is sandy.  Diversity of crops and heterogeneity in cultivation are the key notes of agriculture here.

                        The eastern track comprises of forests and hilly areas.  The forests and hilly areas.  The forests compirse of a variety of tember with teak and other plantations.  The hilly areas are mostly cleared and put to private cultivation; the important crops being rubber, cashew and ginger.  In the skeletal plateau areas, cashew, tobacco, vegetables and tapioca are cultivated.

            The important crops raised and their extent in the district are as below