Maize and Paddy are the the principal food-grain crops growing during Kharif season.

To promote organic farming in the State a new scheme “Prakritik Kheti Khush-haal Kissan” has been started in the State by allocating `25 crore in the State budget

Apple is so far the most important fruit crop of Himachal Pradesh, which constitutes about 49 percent of the total area under fruit crops and about 79 percent of the total fruit production.