Monday, November 2, 2009

CROPPING SEASONS IN INDIA

CROPPING SEASONS IN INDIA
India has many growing seasons due to prevalence of high temperature through a long period. Different crop seasons are:
(a) Kharif: Crops are sown at the beginning of the south-west monsoon and harvested at the end of the south-west monsoon.
Sowing seasons-May to July
Harvesting season-September to October
Important crops: Jowar, bajra, rice, maize, cotton, groundnut, jute, hemp, sugarcane, tobacco, ete.

(b) Rabi: Crops need relatively cool climate during the period of growth but warm climate during the germination of their seed and maturation.
Sowing season-october-December
Harvesting season-February-April
Important crops: wheat, barley, gram, linseed, mus­tard, masoor, pea~ and potatoes.

(c) Zaid: Bes;des the kharif and rabi crops, there are certain crops which are being raised throughout the year due to artificial irrigation.

Zaid kharif crops are sown in August-September and harvested in December-January.
Important crops: rice, jowar, rapeseed, cotton, oilseeds.

Zaid rabi crops are sown in February-March. Harvesting is in April-May.
Important crops: watermelon, toris, cucumber, leafy and other vegetables.
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20 comments:

  1. HJanuary 15, 2012 at 10:01 PM

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  2. sidhuApril 24, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    thanks for this information

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  3. Vinod JadhavSeptember 28, 2013 at 5:45 AM

    nice

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  4. UnknownFebruary 27, 2014 at 5:16 AM

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  5. UnknownMarch 1, 2014 at 8:56 AM

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  7. ChandraSeptember 11, 2014 at 1:38 AM

    Very useful and to the point. Nice work.

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  8. ChandraSeptember 11, 2014 at 1:45 AM

    What do you think of change in rainfall patterns due to climate change? For example when there are late monsoons and climate will be warmer? Does not Indian system needs to change or evolve with newer times?

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  9. A&TJune 15, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    Hi, Useful information, thanks for sharing

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  10. afsarJune 25, 2016 at 3:02 AM

    i want to know cropping pattern of rajasthan

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  11. afsarJune 25, 2016 at 3:29 AM

    i want to know cropping pattern of rajasthan

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  12. afsarJune 25, 2016 at 3:29 AM

    i want to know cropping pattern of rajasthan

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  13. UnknownApril 16, 2017 at 7:59 AM

    nice

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  16. AnonymousOctober 2, 2017 at 9:56 PM

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  17. Priya SharmaMay 23, 2019 at 2:17 AM

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  18. AdminDecember 6, 2019 at 7:56 PM

    Remarkable seasons in india information!Thanks for such valuable info, it really helps a lot...

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