- crops grown for their fresh leaves or fruits are more sensitive to irrigation as compared to those grown for their dry seeds or fruits.
- there are four categories based on the sensitivity of the specific crops to drought.
| low | Low-medium | Medium-high | High |
| sorghum | groundnut | Beans | banana |
| cotton | soybean | cabbage | Leafy vegetables |
| millet | sugarbeet | maize | paddy |
| Pigeon pea | sunflower | onion | potato |
| Red gram | wheat | peas | sugarcane |
| citrus | pepper | ||
| grape | tomato | ||
| alfalfa | melon |