Name any two major fibre crops grown in India. Describe the conditions required to grow these two crops.

1) Cotton

• Cotton grows well in drier parts of the black cotton soil of the Deccan plateau.
  
• It requires high temperature
  
• light rainfall or irrigation
  
• 210 frost-free days and bright sunshine

2) Jute

• Jute grows well on well-drained fertile soils in the flood plains where soils are renewed every year.
  
• High temperature is required during the time of growth.